Facebook reaches spam social media







Facebook maintains that the notice on its website in autumn governed by a series of electronic messages under the control of unwanted pornography attacks and Marketing Act 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act;). The court agreed. CAN-SPAM Act, administered by the Federal Trade Commission, the first national standards for sending e-mail. Defined by law, acts as a business newsletter and email advertising and promotion of a main product or service (including content for commercial purposes.



In this case, keeping policies and guidelines and rules for advertising is a good step MaxBounty control.



* Advertising policy prohibits not only the contact misleading or fraudulent, but all advertising contracts, and the user clicks abroad (ie without contact) page, which offers exactly the same batch as those available on Facebook.

* Facebook, advertisers fans on Facebook, or users must register with the diplomatic service to benefit from this service is provided on site.

* Markets MaxBounty advertising and consumption of their locations through a network of content developers advertising to drive traffic to their websites. basic salary, cost MaxBounty actions. In this context, as an intermediate step MaxBounty.



* The accusations that Facebook and its subsidiaries MaxBounty fake fan pages on Facebook or redirect unsuspecting users of Facebook, commercial sites are created.



Advertising on these pages are high quality products are limited in time requires registration: (i) ventilator, the Company, (ii) an invitation to all friends of members, and (iii do) to create an additional registration requirements . premium, if not most, we can say



* According to their most Facebook users, has promised not to oppose, but in MaxBounty not have the courage to take further steps, including registration, ownership is redirected Offers sponsor. ;



Of course, this is a process of thought, and probably did not expect this type of activity that Facebook users in social networks.



Facebook’s Legal Claims



Facebook says that the editorial and marketing activities on Facebook MaxBounty made under CAN-SPAM Act, causing serious damage to your Facebook, reputation and goodwill;. The question before the Court, if, like Facebook and communication with the issue raised was the importance of e-mail under the CAN-SPAM Act CAN-SPAM Act is transferred to commercial law, e-mail. . . contains or is accompanied by false or misleading header. ;



MaxBounty says that the ads by e-mail client and can not under the law. The judge rejected the agreement that if the CAN-SPAM Act, widely understood, and in accordance with the purpose of facilitating a broader legislative and effectiveness of electronic communications.



obstacle to e-mail, which is within the narrow limits set by defendant little to the intent of Congress to promote the surrogate mother, CAN-SPAM. The court said that Congress was aware of the various forms of electronic communication, such as the CAN-SPAM Act and, in particular e-mail, other forms have been beyond the traditional user@domain.com. MaxBounty ads were prohibited by law, the definition of electronic messages.



Judge Fogel is an important decision. Although social networking sites in its infancy, when the law was enacted, there was sharp the horizon that may exceed 700 million users are increasing rapidly. It was also found that social networks are a kind of private room (or quasi-public or private, some fans, although the difference is insignificant in this case) to serve as a platform for the management of advertising on Facebook Unfortunately, the spam and legitimate purpose.



The court was correct, the CAN-SPAM Act, an alternative reading of small companies that spam, but it would be the semantic concept, the e-mail communication, you should leave - a term that means that nearly Login or diluted So when the consumer.