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Spam King Fined $711 Million – “Spam king” Sanford Wallace has been slapped with a $711 million judgment for spamming Facebook users with emails for dubious products.
A California judge found that Wallace, who used phishing techniques to access Facebook accounts, violated a law against sending “false and misleading” marketing emails.
The judge permanently banned Wallace from [...]
Facebook Facial Profiler App – A new Facebook app called “Facial Profiler” promises to match you up with your long-lost twin, at least according to Coca-Cola.
Seems Coca-Cola decided that developing “Facial Profiler” would be a good way to market both Coke and its long lost twin, Coke Zero, to Facebook users.
The app scans photos of [...]
Facebook Kill Obama Poll – The Secret Service is investigating a “Kill Obama poll” that a user posted on Facebook as part of the health care reform debate.
The “Facebook Kill Obama Poll” was disabled by Facebook as soon as they became aware of the third-party content, but many users felt the poll was innocuous enough [...]