Facebook and Washington state filed federal lawsuits on Thursday against Adscend Media for “clickjacking,” a form of spamming that fools users into visiting advertising sites and divulging personal information. “Likejacking” is similar. Users believe links to spam sites are being sent to them by friends. Facebook and Attorney General Rob McKenna filed similar but separate lawsuits against Adscend, alleging the advertising company has profited by collecting money from clients for every Facebook user misdirected to an advertisement or subscription offer.
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Facebook Slaps Likejackers With Lawsuit
Posted by: Rob Spiegel January 27, 2012 03:10 PMFacebook and Washington state filed federal lawsuits on Thursday against Adscend Media for “clickjacking,” a form of spamming that fools users into visiting advertising sites and divulging personal information. “Likejacking” is similar. Users believe links to spam sites are being sent to them by friends. Facebook and Attorney General Rob McKenna filed similar but separate lawsuits against Adscend, alleging the advertising company has profited by collecting money from clients for every Facebook user misdirected to an advertisement or subscription offer.