Facebook, Washington State Sue Firm Over Clickjacking

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 28, 2012 @12:59PM from the just-trying-to-earn-a-living dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Facebook and the state of Washington are suing an ad network they accuse of encouraging people to spread spam through clickjacking schemes and other tactics. The company at the center of the allegations, Adscend Media, denies the charges and said it will fight them vigorously. According to the office of Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, the company paid and encouraged scammers to design Facebook pages to bait users into visiting Websites that pay the company. The bait pages would appear in posts that seem to originate from a person's Facebook friends and offer visitors an opportunity to view 'provocative' content in exchange for clicking the 'like' button on the Facebook page."

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Re:Incentivized likes by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-28 13:25 · Score: 5, Interesting

It's (usually) hated amongst the smart people. There are more stupid people than smart people.
Re:Who Watches the Coastguard? by dangitman · 2012-01-28 15:45 · Score: 5, Interesting

Personally, I prefer to confront reality head-on. Hiding the bullshit just inoculates you to what's really happening.
Where's the incentive to support sites that don't engage in shitty practices, if you can make the shitty sites seem better by hiding what they actually do?

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