Facebook Faces Class-Action Suit Over Text Messages
An Illinois woman is leading a class-action suit against Facebook, claiming that she received an unsolicited text message from the social network in February, and her lawyers are actively seeking more plaintiffs who had similar experiences.
An Illinois woman is leading a class-action suit against Facebook, claiming that she received an unsolicited text message from the social network in February, and her lawyers are actively seeking more plaintiffs who had similar experiences.
Independent.ie reported that Darya Ivankina of Illinois received a junk text message asking her to friend someone on Facebook, adding that according to U.S. law, the social network is potentially liable for up to $1,500 per text message.
Ivankina’s court filing claimed that Facebook “engaged in an especially pernicious form of marketing: the transmission of unauthorized advertisements in the form of “text message” calls,” and her lawyers added:
Over the course of an extended period beginning in at least 2013, defendants and their agents directed the mass transmission of wireless spam to cell phone numbers in Illinois and throughout the U.S.
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