No Spam for You! Facebook Awarded $873M in Spam Case

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On Friday, a San Jose court awarded Facebook $873 million in a spam case involving Adam Guerbuez and his company, Atlantis Blue Capital. Guerbuez has a really shady background as he is the type of guy that sells videos of homeless people getting beaten to a pulp. In this instance, the courts ruled that Guerbuez’s actions on Facebook were in violation of the CAN-SPAM act.

Is Facebook really going to GET $873 million? Me thinks not. Max Kelly, Facebook’s security chief, wrote on the Facebook blog,

It’s unlikely that Geurbez [sic] and Atlantis Blue Capital could ever honor the judgment rendered against them (though we will certainly collect everything we can). But we are confident that this award represents a powerful deterrent to anyone and everyone who would seek to abuse Facebook and its users.

It simply looks as though Facebook is going to try to milk Guerbuez for all that they can. Eventually, he'll have to file for bankruptcy and start over.

Moral of the story: don't be a spammer.

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