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Canadian lawsuits take on Facebook over using members’ names, photos in ‘sponsored stories’

Posted on April 4, 2012 by pogowasright.org

Gillian Shaw writes:

Do you want to enter a contest to win a trip to Rome?

All you have to do is like Air Wick on Facebook.

You may not even know Air Wick is but as the price of entering that contest, you’ve just given Facebook permission to make you a spokesperson promoting the brand.

And that has raised the ire of Facebook users who are calling up lawyer Luciana Brasil  to voice their disapproval for the practice that has the social networking giant facing a class action lawsuit brought by Brasil on behalf of Vancouver’s Debbie Douez.

Facebook has vowed to fight back.

Read more on Vancouver Sun.

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