'Crank' keen to upset your Facebook friends

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If "Whopper Sacrifice" was too much for some people, wait until they get a load of the new Facebook campaign for the Lionsgate move Crank: High Voltage. Digital shop The Visionaire Group used Facebook Connect to automate fake actions on users' profiles. The site issues a daily challenge for users to "crank" their friends. One dare sends a status update in which you share a supposed link to a video of your grandmother having sex.

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