Peaches Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 May 26, 2009 10:35 AM PDT Facebook sued by user over virusby Elinor Mills Updated at 2:35 p.m. PDT with legal expert comment; at 1:15 p.m. with information from Facebook's terms of service, and at 12:30 p.m. with more details, comment, and background."A Florida librarian and activist has filed a civil lawsuit against Facebook alleging that the social network failed to adequately protect users from a virus.Theodore Karantsalis, of Miami Springs, Fla., is seeking $70.50 from Facebook in the lawsuit, which was filed a week ago in Miami-Dade county court.Facebook breached a "legal duty to exercise at least reasonable care with regard to the safety of its network" on May 14 when it failed to properly contain a virus that spread across the social network, the lawsuit alleges. Karantsalis claims his account was compromised and temporarily disabled and that his photos and friends were not restored."CNET for full story - http://news.cnet.com/security/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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