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Facebook Spammers Make $20M, Get $100K Fine
jfruh writes "Adscend Media, which has been making up to $20M a year from so-called 'likejacking' spam on Facebook, has reached an agreement with the Attorney General of Washington to stop those activities and pay $100,000 in court costs. Among other nefarious techniques, Adscend would overlay Facebook 'like' buttons with provocative photos to spread links to ads from which Adscend would earn referral fees. Adscend also settled out of court with Facebook for an undisclosed amount."
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I don't understand, how provocative can you be with those tiny "Like" buttons? Maybe enough space to show 1/5th of a nipple? Perhaps they just color it with a skin tone to give people the impression they're looking at a naked button.
They didn't "make" 20 million.
Hey, let's be fair. The summary didn't say they made 20 million. It said they made "up to" 20 million. "Up to" just means "less than".
I have up to a billion dollars in my pocket.
So they were hit with a 5% fine
So, from the PoV of a scammer the government is on par with real estate agents.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?