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Facebook Wins $873 Million Lawsuit Against Spammer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the also-my-uncle-has-some-free-money-for-you dept.

damn_registrars writes "A US District judge has awarded $873 million dollars to Facebook in a default judgment against a spammer who sent messages to Facebook users about drugs and sex. This is the highest award so far in a civil suit under the CAN-SPAM Act."

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  1. Re:It's too much to discourage anyone. by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh and IANAL but I don't belive that YANAL.

    You are right, I don't ANAL but I correctly guessed that you ANAL.

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