Facebook Sued for Allegedly Using Your Private Messages to Trigger Ads
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Release time:2014-01-03
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Facebook spokesperson told Business Insider, "We continue to believe the
allegations in this lawsuit have no merit and we will defend
ourselves vigorously."Campbell and Hurley's case is essentially based on Facebook's alleged lack of transparency regarding the tally of a company's "likes" on its network.
Hacker News revealed back in Oct.2012 that a shared link within a private message between Facebook users also counts toward the total . Facebook admitted this to the Wall Street Journal in that publication's follow-up story. In that same response, Facebook said that "absolutely no private information has been exposed". Users can create as many likes as they want by sending links in messages,even if they don't actually like a page .
Now, Campbell and Hurley are accusing Facebook of invading users' privacy by reading personal messages without their consent.
This past October, Campbell sued Arkansas Lt.Gov.Mark Darr for violating the Freedom of Information Act when he refused to release his personal cell phone number in response to an open records request.
Campbell previously used his blog to point out problems in Darr's campaign finance records, highlighting illegal funding and dubious expenses. Darr ended his congressional bid after just 17 days due to the controversy Campbell’s report created.
Campbell and Hurley are asking the court to make Facebook change its policy of scanning links from private messages, and give a monetary award for users whose messages were scanned.
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