( CNN ) -- After days of intense backlash from users over changes to its terms of service and privacy policy , photo-sharing service Instagram has backtracked . On Thursday , Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom said the company was switching one section of its updated terms of service back to its original text . `` Because of the feedback we have heard from you , we are reverting this advertising section to the original version that has been in effect since we launched the service in October 2010 , '' said Systrom in a post announcing the change . On Monday , the Facebook-owned app updated its terms of service to say companies could pay Instagram to use members ' images in ads without compensating the photographers . Instagram claimed the update was to allow the company to experiment with possible future advertising options , and was not part of any current plan to sell images . `` Going forward , rather than obtain permission from you to introduce possible advertising products we have not yet developed , we are going to take the time to complete our plans , and then come back to our users and explain how we would like for our advertising business to work , '' Systrom said in Thursday 's post . Opinion : Instagram users should wise up . It is not a complete reversal . Many of the other changes to the terms of service and privacy policy remain . The company still needs to work on ways to integrate ads into its free service , but for now it will tinker behind the scenes instead of prematurely sending users into a panic over the possibility that their likeness could show up in advertisements on the network . The old advertising section that has been reinstated still says the company can place ads on the service and that `` the manner , mode and extent of such advertising and promotions are subject to change without specific notice to you , '' leaving the company with some wiggle room for future changes . This announcement comes two days after another mea culpa post by Systrom , in which he apologized for the confusion and reassured Instagram users that they still owned their images and that the company was hearing the feedback loud and clear . The severity of users ' reactions to the change seemed to catch Instagram off guard , though the cycle of a policy change announcement followed by user backlash and then an apology is familiar territory for its parent company , Facebook .
Instagram has reverted part of its terms of service in response to user backlash . The company said it would remove the ability for users to "like" or comment on posts that violate their Terms of Service, which include a ban against hate speech and harassment as well as nudity and sexual Other changes to the privacy policy and terms of service will go into effect in mid-January .