Facebook sued over cellphone calls
p2pnet news | Mobiles:- Facebook is being sued for unspecified damages by Lindsey Abrams from Patriot, Indiana, because of calls she’s getting on her cellpone.
She says Facebook has, “profited from its members sending thousands of unauthorized text messages to mobile phone users whose numbers previously belonged to other people,” says Associated Press.
This, “highlights the confusion and frustration that can arise as Web sites extend their services to mobile handsets with phone numbers that have been reassigned, or ‘recycled,’ after another customer’s service ended,” it says.
Abrams says she began getting unsolicited text messages, “apparently intended for an unidentified Facebook member shortly after she received a new mobile number from Verizon Communications Inc. in November 2006,” says NBC11.com.
“The messages included explicit language and unsettling remarks, according to Abrams’ civil complaint,” the story says, going on:
“She alleges she was charged 10 cents per message and told she couldn’t block the Facebook texting without cutting off notes she wanted to receive.”
Young children have also been on the wrong end of the unasked for and unauthorized Facebook messages, the suit alleges, “creating ‘frightening and dangerous’ situations,” says AP.
Also See:
Associated Press – Lawsuit Targets Facebook Mobile Texting, October 22, 2007
NBC11.com – Facebook Faces New Lawsuit, October 22, 2007
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October 23rd, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Ridiculous – number reassignments cannot be Facebook fault.
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:06 pm
but they could provide an opt out page to remove the number from their database
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:31 pm
They should require the user to update cell phone mobile numbers monthly. I feel sorry for the next person to get my last cell number. They will be getting text messages from several places dozens of times a day.
October 29th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
I’m going to subscribe to several porn sites that send out rude texts before i trade in my phone.