Facebook has been forced to allow users to opt out of their names being used in ‘sponsored stories’ as part of a legal settlement with five angry members of the network.
The legal case against Facebook began last year, after five users were annoyed about their faces being used as part of Facebook’s ‘sponsored stories’ – which allow companies to use the photos and names of people who have ‘liked’ their brand in their adverts on the social network.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said last week that the plaintiffs had shown economic injury could occur through Facebook's use of their names, photographs and likenesses.
“California has long recognized a right to protect one's name and likeness against appropriation by others for their advantage,” Koh said
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9348662/Facebook-forced-to-allow-users-to-opt-out-of-adverts.html
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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