Facebook Faces (Another) Class Action Lawsuit Involving Kids
Don't think Facebook will 'like' this.
It’s a good thing Mark Zuckerberg makes a decent living, because class action lawsuits (and their respective settlements) can get pricey.
Two years ago, a federal judge approved a $20 million settlement for putting users — many of them underage children — in Facebook’s “Sponsored Stories” advertising program without their permission. Parents generally frown upon their kids being turned into stock photographs.
This year, that price could be higher; Zuckerberg might pay with the hoodie off his back.
Our sister blog Social Times reports, via this story by Reuters, that a class-action lawsuit has been filed and approved for the much ballyhooed (and since discontinued in 2013) Facebook credits.
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