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Facebook Sued For Allowing Children To ‘Like’ Products

Posted May 5th, 2011 in Industry Trends by Ryan

Facebook has found itself the subject of another lawsuit after a father has sued the company for not obtaining permission from parents or guardians before letting members of the social network “Like” products or brands.

The AFP reports that the civil suit, filed by Scott Nastro in a US district court in New York calls for all Facebook members in the state that are younger than 18 years of age which have had their names of photos used in Facebook’s “Social Ads” to be listed. Facebook remains accused of “misappropriating names or likenesses” of not only Nastro’s child but other minors, to promote products or services and boost registered members on the service.

Read More: http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2011/05/05/facebook-sued-for-allowing-children-to-like-products/

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