Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit

Facebook was awarded $711 million in a judgment Thursday against self-described “spam king” Sanford Wallace. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted Facebook’s application for a default judgment against Wallace for violating the Can-Spam Act, which bans “false and misleading” marketing e-mails. Fogel also found that Wallace… Continue reading Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit