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Lawsuit Over Facebook "Sponsored" Updates Allowed To Proceed

Lawsuit Over Facebook "Sponsored" Updates Allowed To Proceed

It’s been almost a year since Facebook began taking your “like” list and turning it into advertising via so-called “sponsored stories,” and on Friday, a U.S. District Court judge in California rejected the social networking site’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit that claims Facebook unjustly enriched itself with these ads by violating a California law pertaining to commercial endorsements. [More]