FACEBOOK SUED for being too Social - GoFuckYourself.com

CunningStunt · 08-18-2009, 04:38 PM

Yeah, good luck with that case you muppets

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technol...ial-a-network/

No frigging chance.

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Five Facebook users are suing the social network for doing what made it an online superstar -- letting members share aspects of their lives on the Web.

A lawsuit filed Monday in a southern California court accuses Facebook of being a data-mining operation that does not deliver on promises to give users strict control of data uploaded to profile pages.

Facebook has dismissed the lawsuit as being without merit and promised a legal battle. The suit asks for unspecified cash damages.

One of the parties to the suit is a woman who joined Facebook in an early phase when membership was limited to the college crowd.

Then-Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 as a way for college friends to remain connected as their lives grew apart.

The suit accuses Facebook of betraying the woman by evolving into an open social network that now claims more than 250 million members worldwide.

Other plaintiffs named in the suit are identified as a photographer and an actress who contend Facebook is wrongly sharing pictures posted on their profile pages.

The remaining plaintiffs are young boys that the suit charges should not have been permitted by Facebook to join or post images or comments.

Facebook requires members to be ages 13 or older, but there is no viable tool to confirm ages of those creating accounts.

One plaintiff is an 11-year-old boy who joined Facebook and then posted that he had swine flu and uploaded pictures or video of "partially-clothed" children swimming, according to the lawsuit.

Facebook has steadfastly maintained that its members own information they post to profile pages and control who gets to see it.

Facebook has repeatedly revised its terms of service to appease privacy concerns of users while allowing for the technical side of running a social networking service.

Last month, Facebook announced it is testing a tiered level of privacy options including "all of your friends, your friends and people in your school or work networks, and friends of friends."

There is also an option to publicly share with everyone on the Web in what is being seen as an effort by Facebook to compete with the hot micro-blogging service Twitter.

Pete-KT · 08-18-2009, 04:50 PM

let me go USE a SOCIAL network and then sue, ya OK

seeandsee · 08-18-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by CunningStunt

Yeah, good luck with that case you muppets

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technol...ial-a-network/

No frigging chance.

aniloscash · 08-18-2009, 04:53 PM

I should take inn and out to court because they are slowly poisoning me with their fast food.

HomerSimpson · 08-18-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete-KT

let me go USE a SOCIAL network and then sue, ya OK

Why not... You go use something that's free and than sue the owner and get some extra cash!

Imagine that only 1% of pornhub user sued them for allowing them to watch too much free porn!

jollyperv · 08-18-2009, 06:29 PM

On a related note, how is sexsearch getting away with that "Facebook of Sex" shit?

baddog · 08-18-2009, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jollyperv

On a related note, how is sexsearch getting away with that "Facebook of Sex" shit?

Well, not really familiar with that particular issue but I did talk to some people at Ad Tech that had a very close relationship as far as the name was concerned.

When I asked them how FB felt about it, they did not seem to have a problem with it as it reminded people of FB.

PornMD · 08-18-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jollyperv

On a related note, how is sexsearch getting away with that "Facebook of Sex" shit?

Who was doing the "Napster of Porn" shit years ago? I saw them doing it for what seemed like eons and you'd think SOMEONE at Napster (or Facebook in this case) would get wind of it and sue, but I guess they don't see it as damaging?

rowan · 08-18-2009, 10:13 PM

If you actually read the article you'll see it's about privacy concerns, not addiction.

CunningStunt · 08-19-2009, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by rowan

If you actually read the article you'll see it's about privacy concerns, not addiction.

Who said anything about addiction?

EscortBiz · 08-19-2009, 04:29 AM

thats the usa for ya, if you are successful people will try to sue you for something

Manowar · 08-19-2009, 05:43 AM

gotta love moronic lawsuits

acctman · 11-26-2009, 08:18 AM

only in america dont you just love the bullshit that goes on in the country. there should be a "shut the fuck up and go away" law when people file bullshit lawsuits. what a waste of time of the legal system.

and yes i read the article, all of those idiots were never forced to join facebook. just cancel your account and move on. 11yo joining facebook wtf sue the parent for being fucking idiots.

Scott McD · 11-26-2009, 08:21 AM

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Five Facebook users are suing the social network for doing what made it an online superstar -- letting members share aspects of their lives on the Web.

Signing up to any social netowrk site means exactly that.

Fucking idiots!!

american pervert · 11-26-2009, 08:32 AM

after these people lose they should be made to pay all court and lawyer fees.

TommyM · 11-26-2009, 08:38 AM

Some of the law suits these days are just way to funny to be taken seriously...

Evil Ryan · 11-26-2009, 05:55 PM

Out of all of the plaintiffs in this suit, the one who 'may' actually have a case was the chick who joined when it was limited to college kids, after they opened it up to everyone it could be argued that her profile was available to be viewed by individuals that were not supposed to be able to view it at the date she joined i.e, she was networking with a college crowd, then FaceBook changed the rules and allowed everyone in.

baddog · 11-26-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by acctman

only in america dont you just love the bullshit that goes on in the country. there should be a "shut the fuck up and go away" law when people file bullshit lawsuits. what a waste of time of the legal system.

and yes i read the article, all of those idiots were never forced to join facebook. just cancel your account and move on. 11yo joining facebook wtf sue the parent for being fucking idiots.

How bored were you today?

onwebcam · 11-26-2009, 09:29 PM

"The remaining plaintiffs are young boys that the suit charges should not have been permitted by Facebook to join or post images or comments.

Facebook requires members to be ages 13 or older, but there is no viable tool to confirm ages of those creating accounts.

One plaintiff is an 11-year-old boy who joined Facebook and then posted that he had swine flu and uploaded pictures or video of "partially-clothed" children swimming, according to the lawsuit."

What a load of crap. Sounds more like if there really is a boy someone put him up to it. Since when can a 11 year old be a party to a lawsuit anyway? Or is this trying to set some sort of precedent? A reverse "catch a predator" sting. I could give a shit less about facebook myself but there sure seems to be a lot of this BS going on lately.

Scootermuze · 11-26-2009, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Evil Ryan

Out of all of the plaintiffs in this suit, the one who 'may' actually have a case was the chick who joined when it was limited to college kids, after they opened it up to everyone it could be argued that her profile was available to be viewed by individuals that were not supposed to be able to view it at the date she joined i.e, she was networking with a college crowd, then FaceBook changed the rules and allowed everyone in.

Once she saw it was growing, she had the choice to delete her account.. or remove info that she felt was private..
an argument that's sure to pop up..

fatfoo · 11-27-2009, 01:01 AM

There is no viable tool to confirm ages of members. Honestly, if you think about it - children on gfy are a bigger problem. Sure, they ask you to be 18 to join the forum, but there's no viable tool to confirm the age. And gfy ain't facebook, muthafucka.

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