Facebook being sued for being Facebook
This is going to get thrown out faster than you can say "You have a new gift request".
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An 11-year-old Orange County boy named Xavier created a Facebook page for himself without his parents' knowledge, posted pictures of kids swimming, and in a status update this month, announced that he had swine flu.
When his parents found out, they sued Facebook.
A lawsuit filed Monday in Orange County Superior Court accuses the social networking site of profiting off the names, likenesses and private information of its users but does not relate its accusations specifically to the five plaintiffs, four of whom are from Orange County.
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I love how nonchantly the article scoffs at one of the plantiffs.
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The 41-page complaint accuses Facebook of failing to stop children from signing up for accounts, violating state privacy laws, starting off as a site for college students and then becoming popular among the public at large, disseminating private information through "walls" and "news feeds," and disseminating images of "accomplished actress and model" Elvina Beck without her consent.
Beck's career highlights include a role as Girl No. 1 in a 2008 episode of "Privileged" and as Cell Phone Girl in a 2006 episode of "CSI: NY."
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