Facebook Faces Lawsuit Over False Likes

Did Facebook user Anthony Ditirro like the USA Today Facebook page, or didn’t he? Perhaps the answer will emerge during court proceedings, as the Colorado resident filed a lawsuit against the social network, seeking class-action status, and claiming that Facebook falsified likes for advertising purposes, CNET reported.

ThumbsUpThumbsDown650Did Facebook user Anthony Ditirro like the USA Today Facebook page, or didn’t he? Perhaps the answer will emerge during court proceedings, as the Colorado resident filed a lawsuit against the social network, seeking class-action status, and claiming that Facebook falsified likes for advertising purposes, CNET reported.

According to the suit, as reported by CNET, Ditirro appeared in at least one sponsored story, brought to his attention by one of his friends on the social network, saying that he had liked the USA Today page.

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