Facebook facing class action lawsuit

[Ozfactor]

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/facebook-facing-class-action-lawsuit-for-invasive-scanning-of-private-messages/story-fnjwnhzf-1227167131522

FACEBOOK could be forced to pay users up to $US10,000 ($A12,300) each for violating their privacy if a new lawsuit is successful.

A judge in the US District Court ruled on Wednesday that a class-action suit against the social media giant can proceed.

According to the lawsuit, originally filed in December 2013, Facebook scanned the content of users’ private messages for advertising purposes, violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California’s privacy and unfair competition laws.

[Lilly]

I've been telling people (forever it seems) that anything you put on Facebook isn't *private*.

[Kenemet]

I keep telling people the same thing... and that it's woefully easy to track down things on the internet.

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

Works for me.

[Ozfactor]

I had no idea !

But after the Sony hack of private email and now finding out Fb is scanning our private messages, I will be more conscious of what I am writing in private .