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It's a violation of trust for sure, but users made the decision to post something publicly accessible and actually requested distribution. The lower tech version is putting your phone number on a flier and receiving a prank call. Ultimately it's a consequence of releasing that data to the public, and giving rights to said platform by allowing them to distribute it.
But I don't think companies are transparent enough with how they use things and usually ask for very broad licensing and usage rights for what you upload. Sure us tech literate people should and usually are scrutinizing that stuff, but what about the family aunt who just wants to share photos of their nephew with their close ones? On Facebook for example it even tells you you are only sharing posts with "Friends" or "Everyone" (or custom I guess) which might make those people think "oh just my friends see this, not the platform that I'm using"