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Father-son duo sue Facebook, Ferrari

A Swiss father and his son who gained millions of Facebook Inc followers through their Ferrari SpA fan pages sued the social media company and the carmaker claiming they teamed up to illegally seize control of the websites. The lawsuit filed in California state court follows earlier legal spats in Europe between Olivier and Sammy Wasem and the sports car company over their "Ferrari Fan Page" and a "Formula 1 Vision" page.

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TechImperia3466d ago

I wonder if these fan pages really have any commercial value in the real world.

Devil-X3466d ago

According to the lawsuit "an independent study released in 2013" claiming that an individual Facebook "fan" is worth $174 to a brand owner and "up to more than $1,000 per fan for luxury automobile companies."

Talk about commercial values. LOL!!!

feedthereaper3465d ago

They have no argument, its clear in the Facebook terms that you are not allowed to use brand names as pages and in doing so may cause the page to be removed or transferred to the legitimate brand.
If you don't agree with the terms, don't register a page. You can't just ignore the terms for your own gain and then cry over it when the brand follows the rules!

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Messenger will return the Facebook mobile app thanks to Meta

Messenger will return the Facebook mobile app thanks to Meta.

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How to change your birthday on Facebook

Now you can get happy birthday messages on your actual birthday instead of some random day.

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Facebook says to follow its livestream rules or be banned, this is your only warning

Facebook has to implement new rules for Facebook Live because people are literally the worst. Now, if you break the rules you'll receive a ban.

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