Facebook Wins $711 Million in Spam Case

Social networking website Facebook was awarded $711.2 million in
damages relating to an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford
Wallace, court documents show.

The site filed an anti-spamming case against Wallace in February for
accessing people’s Facebook accounts without their permission and
sending phony mail and posts to the individuals’ public message wall,
the company said in a blog post.  Read the full story [Reuters]

Social networking website Facebook was awarded $711.2 million in
damages relating to an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford
Wallace, court documents show.

The site filed an anti-spamming case against Wallace in February for
accessing people’s Facebook accounts without their permission and
sending phony mail and posts to the individuals’ public message wall,
the company said in a blog post.  Read the full story [Reuters]

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