Facebook Wins $650.5 Million Judgment Against Spammer
A federal court in San Jose, California ruled in Facebook's favor this week, permanently blocking spammer Philip Porembski from the site and ordering him to pay $360.5 million in punitive damages to the company.
Facebook has claimed a huge victory in the war against spam: A federal court in San Jose, California ruled in the social network’s favor this week, permanently blocking spammer Philip Porembski from the site and ordering him to pay $360.5 million in punitive damages to the company.
Porembski’s company, PP Web Services LLC, had hijacked more than 160,000 social network accounts and sent more than 7.2 million spam messages to users of the social network.
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