Facebook Class Action Lawsuit over Like Buttons
Facebook is facing another class action lawsuit, in the State of California. The suit is over “Like” buttons, and whether Facebook should allow minors to “Like” ads. When minors see that lots of other Facebook users “Like” a product, they are more likely to like it themselves. When a user “Likes” something, their picture appears next to what they like. When a minor “likes” a product, their image is being used to advertise the product, which basically turns the “Like” button into an endorsement, by minors. In essence, Facebook is using the faces and names of minors for profit. That, according to law, cannot be done without the permission of a parent. The Facebook class action lawsuit contents that the social networking giant is misusing images and names of minors.
This comes just after another Facebook class action lawsuit, filed in Manitoba, Canada. That suit is over privacy and whether Facebook allegedly used users’ private information for commercial purposes.
On Facebook, users can click a “Like” button to tell all their friends they like something. It can be a photo from another user, a song, a user comment, or a product. When something is “liked”, all the friends of the user who likes it will get a status update, alerting them that the item is “liked”. When a product is liked, it’s essentially an advertisement using the minor’s information, without parental consent. This is the heart of the matter in the Facebook class action lawsuit over like buttons.
I would like to be part of a class action lawsuit to prohibit minor children from using these”social sites”, period.
I am fed up with the chaos that facebook is causing in my family, I am sure I am not alone.
This “facebook”, is ruining my daughters life. Am I alone in my plight?