Accused Facebook Likejacker Settles Lawsuits
Adscend Media, the company sued by Facebook and the attorney general’s office in the state of Washington in January for a spamming scheme referred to as clickjacking or likejacking, has settled with both parties.
Adscend Media, the company sued by Facebook and the attorney general’s office in the state of Washington in January for a spamming scheme referred to as clickjacking or likejacking, has settled with both parties.
After reaching an undisclosed settlement with Facebook last week, CNET reported that Adscend Media agreed to a consent decree with the state’s attorney general’s office, saying it will stop spamming Facebook users and paying the state $100,000 in attorneys’ fees.
The state’s suit accused the company of likejacking, or tricking users of the social network into clicking on links that create messages on their Facebook newsfeeds that they liked a site, luring friends to click and repeat the process, and causing the links to go viral.
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