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Facebook wins $712-million in damages in spammer case

TORONTO - Facebook has won 712 million dollars in damages after a California court ruled against a spammer for trying to get personal information from the users of the social networking website. Full Article at Simple Thoughts

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  1. I fear the major consequence from the fine will, unfortunately, be to spur social network spammers to become more sophisticated
    SOURCE: NetworkWorld 3 weeks ago
  2. In addition to the judgment, he now faces possible jail time ... This is another important victory in our fight against spam.
    SOURCE: NetworkWorld 3 weeks ago
  3. The record demonstrates that Wallace willfully violated the statutes in question with blatant disregard for the rights of Facebook and the thousands of Facebook users whose accounts were compromised by his conduct
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  4. As long as there is money in spam and malware, there will always be people pursuing it as a vocation ... It beats flipping burgers and we can't all be cool video game designers. Several years ago, there were huge fines handed down [against] e-mail spammers. Have you seen a big drop off in e-mail spam an...
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