Is Facebook’s $711M Spam Award Just Monopoly Money?
Social networking site Facebook has been awarded US$711 million in damages from prolific spammer and social network scammer Sanford Wallace for bombarding its users with spam, Facebook attorney Sam O’Rourke reported in a blog post. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court in Northern California also banned Wallace from accessing Facebook. Facebook filed a suit in February against Wallace and two associates, accusing them of accessing accounts without users’ permission and sending phony mail and posts to individuals’ public message walls.
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Is Facebook’s $711M Spam Award Just Monopoly Money?
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