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Facebook & Myspace Taking Some Spammers To Court

Posted by timothy on from the why-can't-they-take-them-all dept.

kevinqtipreedy writes "Social networks like Facebook and Myspace are now bringing spammers into the court systems in new attempts to put a stop to it. Although spammers rarely show up in court and the suits do not always lead to monetary reward, companies are hoping the 'chilling effect' will help in the effort to curb spam."

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  1. sure... by Nossie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just like it is helping to curb e-mail spam ....

  2. Announcing Jailspace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you a criminal? Now you can join the social network just for criminals, Jailspace! It's never been easier to meet other sexual predators pretending to be underage girls, or conspire to commit fraud with our incredibly easy networking features.

  3. Self Despamming by Nymz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't hauling spammers into court a little extreme? To avoid criticism they should try a more gentle approach, like a self-despamming program that would give spammers 90 days to stop, instead of clogging up our courthouses like they clog up our inboxes. We could call it "Operation Scheduled Despamming" after the very successful "Operation Scheduled Departure" which to date has already been successful in 8 cases.

    1. Re:Self Despamming by Nossie · · Score: 1, Funny

      Maybe the courts are a little extreme ....

      Personally I'd just take them outside and make them hand open the same amount of envelopes as they spammed ...

      And if they fail - shoot them.

    2. Re:Self Despamming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      "And if they fail - shoot them."

      I've always said and open season on spammers would help cull them from the population...

      and maybe give the sociopaths who otherwise might murder wives or children something to keep their darker side happy! finding and shooting in cold blood someone who is getting rich off annoying the majority of the free world.

      ah well. at the very least we need to provide free vasectomies to male spammers, and if they're women, well that surgery is more complicated and in some cases it even fails... well, we can always force them to wrestle in mud or jello several times a year as long as they're involved in commercial spam to discourage those who don't like wrestling in jello or mud!

      ahem. i think i'll go anon on this one.

    3. Re:Self Despamming by clang_jangle · · Score: 2, Funny

      finding and shooting in cold blood someone who is getting rich off annoying the majority of the free world.

      Except the phrase "in cold blood" denotes innocence on the part of the shootee. Spammers are not innocent; they cause worse problems than mere annoyance. Otherwise, I tend to agree that spammers should be shot.

      --
      Caveat Utilitor
    4. Re:Self Despamming by Schemat1c · · Score: 1, Funny

      Speaking of spam, there seems to be a flood of moderator spam tagging everyone as troll today, I sure would like to take them to court.

      --

      "Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
  4. Chilling effect by Albanach · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well action in the courts has stopped everyone sharing music, so this is clearly a strategy with a great deal of merit.

  5. Re:Working by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Why would you [i]admit[/i] to even having a MySpace account??? Good grief!

  6. Self De-Trolling Moderators by Nymz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Speaking of spam, there seems to be a flood of moderator spam tagging everyone as troll today, I sure would like to take them to court.

    Isn't hauling abusive Moderators into court a little extreme? To avoid criticism they should.... oh, I see what you did there. ;-)