That’s not a typo: a Facebook user sued the social networking company last week for $70.50, alleging that Facebook had failed to properly protect the site’s users from a virus. The suit was filed by Theodore Karantsalis in Miami-Dade County court, and the figure calculated based on his claim that after being affected by a Facebook virus, he had to re-add his 250 friends, with an estimated value of 30 cents each, reports CNet. The CNet article continues:
In the lawsuit, Karantsalis had alleged that Facebook breached a “legal duty to exercise at least reasonable care with regard to the safety of its network”…Karantsalis claimed his account was compromised and temporarily disabled and that his photos and friends were not restored.
When Karantsalis’ account was found to have been compromised nearly two weeks ago, Facebook reset his password and notified him via e-mail, as is the company’s standard practice, Schnitt [a Facebook respresentative] said. Facebook did not delete his photos and friends, he said.
…Karantsalis said the problem started when friends e-mailed and called him on May 14 to tell him that his name on Facebook had been changed to “John Doe” and it was being used to send out spam that directed people to a phishing site with a URL ending in “.im.”.
On Tuesday, Karantsalis dropped the suit after talks with Facebook (
). Regardless, it seems almost impossible such a case would have gotten anywhere, given that the Facebook ToS limits Facebook’s liability in these cases.
