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Facebook, Washington state target online spam

Facebook and the U.S. state of Washington (WA) are suing Adscend Media, accusing them of a practice called ?clickjacking,? which fools users of the No. 1 social network service into visiting advertising sites, revealing personal information and spreading the scam to others. The lawsuit alleges that Adscend Media has profited more than $1 million per month by using bogus pages on Facebook to whisk people away to other sites. The lawsuit charges that the Delaware-based online ad firm collected money from its ad clients for every Facebook user that was unknowingly being misdirected to a target ad or subscription service. The scheme is also known as ?likejacking? because victims are tricked into using the ?like? button to perpetuate it. Paula Selis, a senior counsel member for the Washington attorney general, said this is the first time any state government has gone to court fighting against spam spread by the popular social network. The WA attorney general?s office and Facebook have also filed two separate claim

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