Woman Sues Facebook After Being Banned From Site

Would you drive all the way from Maryland to California to try to get your Facebook account reinstated? That’s what Karen Beth Young did but apparently this wasn’t enough to impress the Facebook receptionist on duty. “Oh, people have driven farther than you, from Canada,” she was reportedly told, according to this Forbes story.

It’s nothing new for people to get banned on Facebook for various reasons, including if the site deems that you are harassing or spamming other members. But Young is taking it one step further – after her direct appeal to Facebook failed, she has now turned to the court system.

Young has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California – you can see details of her August complaint here. She is alleging breach of contract, violation of her constitutional rights, and violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act — Young has bipolar disorder.

Facebook’s lawyers at Orrick have filed a motion to dismiss the case. A spokesperson told Forbes the lawsuit was “without merit” and the company would “fight it vigorously”. The spokesperson would not comment on why Young’s account was disabled, citing Facebook’s privacy policies.

It seems likely that Young was banned for the unconventional way she used Facebook. The Shepherd University sudent joined Facebook in February 2010 and a few months later, by the time her account was disabled, she had over 4,000 friends. She used the site to help promote her cancer awareness efforts and freely admits that she friended people she did not know in real life but who she thought would be interested in the cancer awareness cause. When her account was disabled, she reached out to Facebook and got this response from “The Facebook Team”:

Your account was disabled because your behavior on the site was identified as harassing or threatening to other people on Facebook. Prohibited behavior includes, but is not limited to:

• Sending friend requests to people you don’t know
• Regularly contacting strangers through unsolicited Inbox messages
• Soliciting others for dating or business purposes

After reviewing your situation, we have determined that your behavior violated Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. You will no longer be able to use Facebook. This decision is final and cannot be appealed.

Young has indicated she doesn’t want to start a new account, since this would be against Facebook’s rules anyway and she wants her old contacts and groups back.

It sounds like it could be an interesting case if it goes to trial. Young does not have a lawyer but tech law professor Eric Goldman told Forbes there had been “a groundswell of ADA litigation against websites and a court could have sympathy for the plaintiff”.

But have we really reached a point where access to Facebook is considered a human right? Isn’t the site entitled to ban people for their behavior, regardless of whether they have a disability? I thought equal treatment was the goal.

On the other hand, Facebook’s policies are opaque and somewhat byzantine – for example, did you know that you can’t export your data?. At the very least, there should be a clear and fair appeals process if someone gets banned. At 500 million members, Facebook is no longer just another website, it’s increasingly essential to a 21st century social life. Perhaps there is a human rights argument after all?

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It sounds to me like she was banned for a legitimate reason. I've reported several people for sending friend requests when I don't know them, because I assume they are spammers. I'm glad to know that facebook takes those reports seriously. Clearly multiple people must have reported her to facebook.

Comment by Kelly Shane Pickell — September 1, 2010 @ 3:19 pm
Good for her! Facebook's rules are so hypocritical – they allow people to have 5,000 "friends" – really? What person has 5,000 friends – people they actually know???? Please . . . who is Facebook kidding. And for people who have reported others for asking to be friends, grow up, decide for yourself whether you want to be friends with that person or not – no one but no one in this world personally knows 5,000 people! Get real!

Comment by Lorraine Arams — September 1, 2010 @ 3:24 pm
It does seem that lots of people try to befriend people they do not really know in real life. That seems harmless unless it is accompanied by our behaviors that violate the terms of facebook, meaning they really are harrassing others on the site. Lots of people have the 5000 friends maximum and it does not seem likely they really knew them. Who has 5000 friends in real life? You would not even be able to keep track of them. To me facebook is two-faced on the issue. On one hand they encouage you to sign up new friends yet when you do it they want to ban you

Comment by david choiniere — September 1, 2010 @ 3:37 pm
I support her cause, but not her case. For the first time, I feel like Facebook is protecting my privacy.

Also, for Lorraine: I would challenge you to prove it, but I know you can't. I know well over 1,000 people, probably closer to 2,000, and I'm not a very social person and I live in a city of only about 90,000 people. If you choose to keep in touch with schoolmates and co-workers – especially in densely populated areas – it's easily possible to know a LOT more than 5,000 people.

Comment by Paul McCord — September 1, 2010 @ 3:54 pm
I have sent friend requests that I don't know, I thought if I had a common interest with someone that I could befriend them. OOPS!!! Also, I send requests to actors, actresses, political people etc. Often if they hit their 5000 person quota, they make a "Like" page and I can follow them their. I hope no one has reported me, I meant no harm to anyone and would never spam anyone.

Comment by Sandi Saileau — September 1, 2010 @ 4:05 pm
Yes, it does seem like a legitimate reason but we'll see what the judge thinks.

Comment by Caitlin Fitzsimmons — September 1, 2010 @ 4:07 pm
I hate the reasons Facebook bans people. Honestly. The new policy of not being able to add people in masses if you don't have connections to them; why is that a problem? You can always decline if you don't know them. Give me a break.

Comment by Laila — September 1, 2010 @ 4:07 pm
That is SUCH BS.. I have MANY friends that I have gotten to know through the games or through "like" pages on Facebook. People join the common interest pages, get to "know" people and become friends. It happens EVERY DAY, PROBABLY every second! LOL.

If you don't want to accept my request deny it, no big deal. I accept requests ALL THE TIME from people on common interest pages that I don't know but have made virtual friends with. Woman Uncensored, Peaceful Parenting, Boycott Target, Boycott News Radio Now (North Carolina), etc. That list doesn't include half of my "friends" from pages, nor does it include the game friends I have acquired. Isn't the ENTIRE point of facebook socialization??

Give me a BREAK facebook!

Comment by Holly — September 1, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
Not sure why she feels she has the right to demand free services from a privately held company. She obviously violated whatever rule was violated. If you give away a free service, are you not allowed to have rules in place for the conditions such services are offered? If so, is it not up to you, and you alone, to decide if such rules have been violated? How long are you obligated to provide your services for free? How can somebody claim they have been damaged because they were given services without any cost to them, broke the stated rules, and were thus denied services? How were they damaged?

Comment by Rob Fulop — September 1, 2010 @ 6:47 pm
The thing of it it is – the games, like Sorority Life pretty much demand you have a full sorority. (1000 people) Farm ville – 300 , same goes with Mafia Wars. We need to be able to fulfill our quotas. Its not fair. As to Face Book being "private" – no way! It is an international company ,open to the public. SO , that being said – i you do not want random invites – do not have your profile "open". FB gives plenty of tools to stop that – USE THEM . Reporting folks for simply trying to be friends is BS people. GROW UP!We gamers just need another site to be on and away from fascist FB.

Comment by 'Liza — September 1, 2010 @ 8:19 pm
I agree, Rob. It would be interesting to see facebook become a victim of its own success, but this would set a disturbing precedent. Access to .gov and public .edu sites could, arguably, be a right. But access to any commercial site (even a "publicly held company" – as opposed to a "public forum") should not be accorded the same rights.

That said, I read the other day that facebook now has a member population that ranks third among countries of the world…? That's kind of disturbing, too. Maybe we SHOULD lobby for voting rights.

Comment by Holly Jahangiri — September 2, 2010 @ 4:40 am
Agreed. If she wanted to invite people to join her cause, she should have created a page or used a social site that is intended for non-profit organizations like that. Facebook is free and in order for it to be free, you have to follow the rules, plain and simple. I don't think she has a very strong case, it will be interesting to see where this lawsuit goes.

Comment by Alex Barcelona — September 2, 2010 @ 4:47 am
It sounds like she had spammer qualities, at the very least. And as for requesting people you don't know, Facebook doesn't know that unless people complain. Ever see that "don't know this person" option when getting a friend request? They obviously got enough of those from people declining her requests. Again, remember, Facebook knows NONE of these things, even about the emailing, unless people were complaining in sufficient quantities. People can email each other willy-nilly on FB, even if they are not friends (I've done it quite a bit with people I know despite us not connecting as "friends.") Clearly, in this case, Facebook was responding to direct complaints against this woman. She's a spammer, heartwarming cause or not, plain and simple (and obsessive on top of bipolar, at that.)

Comment by Ally — September 2, 2010 @ 6:04 am
I think she should have her day in court.

Of the three cited behaviors, only the first, "Sending friend requests to people you don’t know.", appears to apply.

Facebook actually facilitates this behavior, millions of time per day with their suggestion that I befriend someone who is a friend of a friend. I frequently get requests from people I don't know because of this. It is annoying.

There is a legal term(s) for what Facebook is doing… setting people up so they are doomed to violate their policies; lack of good faith, impossible conditions, or something.

Sure, they may ask if this is someone you also know. But, the fact is, they have some culpability in this matter and for that reason I believe the case has merit.

Comment by Jim Carroll — September 2, 2010 @ 7:07 am
@Rob I don't think the fact Facebook is free is the issue here. A free service is entitled to have rules and terms of use. A paid service is also entitled to have rules and terms of use, though they may have to refund money if they ban someone. I don't think the cost of the service would be relevant in considering whether there was a breach of the Anti Discrimination Act.

@Liza When Rob referred to Facebook being a private company, I'm pretty sure he was talking about the ownership. It's not public ie. listed on the stock exchange.

@Jim You make some good points about the 'people you may know' suggestions.

Comment by Caitlin Fitzsimmons — September 2, 2010 @ 9:49 am
Oh lord the stupid. Yeah, go sue them for all your money back…oh wait.

User rights, user rights, user rights. What about the rights a business to refuse you service? The rules are clearly spelled out, if you don't like them don't use facebook. It's not 'a human right'. Get a damn life, a real one I mean.

Comment by Ivo — September 2, 2010 @ 10:21 am
WOW! The stupidity of the people posting here is mind boggling. Facebook is a website for the socially inept and those incapable of dealing with people in real life. However, it is a private business that can refuse service to anyone for any reason it wants. For this woman or anyone to think they have some sort of "rights" when it comes to a free service offered by a website just shows how self centered people have become. As far as her disability, being bipolar is not a disability. I have an artificial knee and titanium holding most of my body together and I was diagnosed as being bi-polar when I was a teenager. My surgical implants and artificial knee are a real disability and for the life of me I can't think of one way that a website would need to "accommodate my disability". If you actually read her lawsuit you will see how frivolous it is and I hope the courts punish her for bringing yet another frivolous lawsuit to our courts.

Comment by Michael — September 2, 2010 @ 2:17 pm
I had been using a Facebook feature called "Meet New People" primarily for meeting girls. I was blocked from adding any friends.

Comment by Conrad MacRoberts — September 2, 2010 @ 5:28 pm
I don't understand,what about all the causes and organizations on facebook do they count? And what about if you think it is someone you know and it is not the person you think it is. I have done that on accident. Also a lot of people promote themselves for there business what about them?

Comment by Nannette — September 2, 2010 @ 6:43 pm
@Michael "However, it is a private business that can refuse service to anyone for any reason it wants."

Sorry but this is definitely NOT the law, at least in the United States of America and many other countries in which Facebook operates. A business CANNOT refuse service to anyone "for any reason it wants". Legally some reasons are legitimate and some are not. For example, a shop keeper can't have a policy that they won't serve black people. That's ILLEGAL, no matter whether the shop is privately owned or not.

The question the court will consider is not whether or not Facebook is entitled to refuse service for "any reason" because that's already answered, but whether it had a LEGITIMATE reason for refusing service in THIS case, or whether there was a breach of anti-discrimination law by doing so. I'm not saying that this woman will win – that's a long shot – but if she loses it won't be for the reason you suggest.

Comment by Caitlin Fitzsimmons — September 3, 2010 @ 1:17 pm
@Nanette Causes, organizations and businesses can have Facebook pages, which are different to personal profiles, and they have fans or 'likes' rather than friends. I also don't think anyone would get banned for the odd mistaken friend request – it's only if you do it to hundreds or thousands of people and they're annoyed enough to report you

Comment by Caitlin Fitzsimmons — September 3, 2010 @ 1:19 pm
The Woman should join @theFaceBookPetitio on Twitter. Definitely better than just one voice to Facebook.

Comment by Kelly Kc — September 4, 2010 @ 3:57 am
Hi Kelly, It's nice to meet you. I'll check out the site

that you mentioned when I get a chance. I don't hate Facebook in and of itself. I just know that there are problems which should be addressed. Taking the time to do that should be a concern of theirs as well as others in society. Facebook is all over the world and effects people and commerce on all levels. That's important for people to be concerned about now and for the future generations of children. Warm regards, Karen

Comment by karenbethyoung — September 4, 2010 @ 7:57 am
"I’ve reported several people for sending friend requests when I don’t know them, because I assume they are spammers."

I know what you mean. I have sent several of those to people I didn't know but had things in common with, assuming they weren't idiots that were going to report me for it!

Looks like we have both been wrong…LOL

I'm beginning to think facebook is run by a bunch of Nazi's. First off, they should look up the meaning of harassement before accusing people of it. And sending someone a friend request sure the hell isn't it. They closed my account when I had never even messaged anyone more then once and wouldn't even allow me to contact my own wife. Telling me I didn't know her. When I inquired as to what happen, they told me I had a fake account and members have to have their real names.This after having to give them my cell number to verify my account. Crap I'm getting so peed thinking about it I wish the lady had started a class action lawsuit. Too bad she's going to lose for already admitting she broke the rules.

Comment by Vic — September 5, 2010 @ 3:47 pm
First of all theres no one to determine whether or not your violating Facebooks terms. This entire system is done by computers and software. Yes thats right a computer determines if you are wrong. I have 68 friends and I just got banned from adding more friends? Seriously 68 friends and Im banned from adding more.. Obviously im not abusing anything or harassing anyone. Its total BS..

And as for all these Apps and games on Facebook why even have them if there gonna ban you for adding those who want them to add you to play these games.

LET PEOPLE DETERMINE who they want to add or for that matter who they know. How does facebook know who I know and who I dont? Yeah I get spammers requesting me but I dont bitch about, it only takes my finger muscles and 2 second to click IGNORE.

I hope this woman does win and Facebook gets put in there place.. After all they've been Sharing all YOUR Personal Information with advertisers. If you ask me they have it coming..

Comment by Shawn — September 6, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
I wanna see spammers win law suits when Google takes their human rights away by closing accounts. Where are we living?

If she's that famous, she should just open her own little awareness website and make a login on it – that way she can collect people's data and reach her followers whenever she wants – under her own rules.

I think she has too much time on her hands.

Comment by Ruben — September 7, 2010 @ 3:13 pm
NOW YOU ARE CERTIFIABLY INSANE PAUL!! There isn't a person on God's green earth that can HONESTLY say they KNOW 5,000 people! I mean be real bud, there is no way possible you can say you really KNOW those 1,000+ people. Tell me the color of each of their hair, eyes…what is their occupations?…how old are they? Are they married or single? Do they have kids and how many?…You need to get a grip on reality here, the definition of a real friend is someone you know all about or most anyways! You may have many aquaintances but those are NOT so called "FRIENDS". You meet someone in a grocery store in passing that doesn't mean you know them or that you can call them a friend…wake up!

Comment by Terry — September 18, 2010 @ 4:49 am
[...] Facebook is only increasing these systems to prevent spam and security breaches. The result is that if you don’t verify your identity, you’ll have to enter a captcha every time you make a post on a wall or comment on a status update. The reality is that you’ll need to figure out a way to verify your identity. If you don’t have a phone number or a credit card, you can try driving across the country as this woman did. [...]

Pingback by Verify Your Facebook Account Or Wind Up Frustrated — September 21, 2010 @ 3:51 pm
I think a legitimate question is… "Does facebook encourage the behavior of adding people you don't know" ? They add several games. they will tell you that they don't program most of the games… But they have rules for the games that require that any "neighbor" you have in the game has to be someone that is currently a friend (they force this rule on the companies that make games). Several games require friends for advancement. If you don't have any friends playing that game, then you can not advance in that game (some games require friends to even get past lvl 1). A social network by defintion is a place where friends can meet. dictionary.com defines friend this way "a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter: friends of the Boston Symphony" so, it is reasonable to assume that people who like the same game can become friends. it is reasonable to assume that those not wishing to be offered to be friends would set their profile as such. facebook encourages people to play these games so they get more companies interested in paying revenue to advertise. then facebook sets up a computer program (not real people) to determine things like how many people you add and how fast. then they ban you for it and tell you that they wont tell you how long you are suspended or banned and they tell you that they cant tell you the rate of your adding frineds that got you banned/suspended and they claim that you can not contact them and no one at facebook can change it. that's like saying " we make the rules, we decide if you broke them, we wont tell you the rules, and we wont tell you how long you will be punished. i, too was temporarily suspended (after adding less than 10 people in less than 5 minutes). but i was adding friends who also enjoyed a game and they stated that they wanted more friends who played that same game. they never had a chance to even accept. it banned me before they even got the word that i wanted to be a friend. the computer just assumed that i was adding people i didn't know and that weren't friends with me. Now granted, i can't pick out most of my facebook friends in a police line up, but i have brain damage, i cant always pick out my real friends in a police line up. Facebook is thinking completely of money. they get advertising revenue, hire a computer to block people (they don't have to pay minimum wage) and do as much as possible through automation. they have a phone number that never gets answered. they don't believe in customer service. did you know they have a D rating with the Better Business Bureau ? Facebook is upsetting the very people who enjoy facebook and when they lose enough of them, they will no longer look like a great place to advertise and that will affect their revenues. The best thing people can do… is to quit using facebook. I think she has a great case, and I wish she had made a class action lawsuit. and to think people say the owner(s) went to college. you'd think they would have a bigger clue how to run a good business and get a B rating or better with the better business bureau (instead of looking like a 2 bit operation run in their garage). ok, maybe they have a building in California. I have heard that they have employees. But I have not seen anything to show me what these people do. I have seen evidence that a lot of the work is done through automation.

Comment by Pat — September 22, 2010 @ 3:52 pm
so i have a facebook account and my friend came over and decided to make one at my house, and he miss used the account, so does it mean when the "facebook" bans the account, does it take me down with him? as in delete both my account and his? since hes using my computer… sharing the same IP….? =/

Comment by CRUNCHY — September 23, 2010 @ 6:41 am
Exactly, I was banned for playing a game myself, others have 3 or more accounts with even the same exact name and they want to de-activate me on a hear say of another player getting mad because I gave away a virtual pet that she gave me and wants another in return. If their going to ban users for multiple accounts then they should enforce it without reports even as simple as investigating accounts with the same exact name. I want to sue them myself because I have hundreds of dollars in virtual items that i now dont have because they enforced their rules on a hear say of a disgruntled player. Screw them. I have a friend who solicited over 2000 friends for a game and when i go through her friends list I can see several that have the same name or one letter changed to give them an advantage to the game. everyone does it but they de-activate on hear say reports. they should be sued for discrimination. thats it.

Comment by Darin Andrade — September 27, 2010 @ 1:48 am
exactly!

Comment by darin andrade — September 27, 2010 @ 1:58 am
it will go no where, because she has no lawyer, and no proof of no wrong doing. this event in "ink" is just a tabloid posting

Comment by Godbaby Eddie — September 27, 2010 @ 4:38 pm
when one receives a friend request invitation: when u decline the friend add.. and mark a person as not knowing them, it is NOT a complaint that flags Facebook admins.. it is a script that prevents that person from trying to add you again.

Comment by Godbaby Eddie — September 27, 2010 @ 4:43 pm
I'd like to jump in here and point out a few things. I will say first.. I do not have 5000 friends BUT given many years of an account I could acquire that many friends. One does not need to know how old they are, what color their hair is, or if they are missing a front tooth. Really? Is that what we constitute as a friend now… specifics..and details? In this day in age of Myspace, chat rooms that go around the world, blog followers, big business and promoting a business on FB, CAN and WILL generate "friends" that want to communicate with you or follow you. Who is it for FB to define what a FRIEND is, or YOU for that matter? Seriously, as a business owner of 2 businesses that promotes on FB yes my customers are my FRIEND…when I meet someone at the park while my kids are playing and we hit it off..they are my FRIEND…the lady at the grocery store that I go through her line every week and chit chat on small things and find we like eachothers conversations..they are my FRIEND. I have acquired several friends that I talk to on a daily basis that may have been my UPS driver, the girl at the tanning salon, or people I met years and years ago on MYSPACE (before FB) that I have never met face to face. But now do business with them and socialize on a daily or weekly basis. In this day and age the internet has given the ability to ALL of us to acquire 5000+ "friends", if FB didn't think you could have 5000 friends then why did they give you that ability to have that many? Lets just remember FB is a social site and can not define who YOU feel is a "friend", if you don't want them as a "friend" then don't request them or don't accept them!! And the best part of it…if later, you don't like them….there's that little button called DELETE!!!!
Have a nice day….Your Friend ABVD ;o}

Comment by Anna — November 7, 2010 @ 4:56 am
I want to know who put FB in charge of defining what a FRIEND is!!!!!!

Comment by Anna — November 7, 2010 @ 5:07 am
I also got banned from Facebook & what happen if you create a new account? I don’t even know why I was banned for but one of my friend said I should check on uploading pics that are not mine. I wasn’t sure about what pics are copyrighted or not & I didn’t noticed it. I’m not sure if that was the reason but I also posted some porn links. I saw some groups & people used some porn pics so I thought it was ok. I didn’t know how to contact the admins, so what should I do?

Comment by Matthew Doan — December 30, 2010 @ 1:41 am
Oh no worries I'm back on Facebook lol. I'm still going to be extra careful & be alert of the rules this time though.

Comment by Matthew Doan — December 30, 2010 @ 1:50 am
they dont any more , i have reported several people and applications for violations on facebook and all i get is some BS autoresponder stating that they do not provide support

Comment by MicroTrip — February 7, 2011 @ 11:27 pm
Facebook is GREEDY, and should allow people to promote how they want since there is over 500 million users, soon to be a billion. Eventually in 10 years, it will be 8 billion and that's the entire human race..

Facebook charges very high amounts for their ad's system, and only tycoons can benefit, or their hackers are the only ones in on the deal. The rich get richer with facebook, and the poor are basically ignored.

The AUTO LIKE script spam system was glorious until they activated CAPTACHAs and then blocks, but i'm sure some hacker will find a way to bypass the blocks with Proxies, and they should be rewarded, and go agaisnt social networks that think they own the world and can do what hey want with us "small humans"

Facebook will never have a full proof system even if they through 8 billion dollars into it. Someone will always break the code and share that code with the rest of the world trying to catch up. Spam is harmless. annoying but harmless. 9-5 jobs are no longer the only way to make money anymore, learn the hacks tricks and trades of the net, and you will generate finances you never thought you would make with just a simple automation click. )

Comment by FACEBOOK SUCKS — March 25, 2011 @ 8:34 am
It sounds like Facebook are being assholes! Plian and simple. Why would they shut down a site that is giving money to a good cause, cancer research. What the hell is the matter with people. It's people like you Kelly Shane and a lot others that rewport people for ridiculous reasons! People on Facebook are mean. They report you to Facebook and Facebook stops you from posting. Here is what I was posting and I keep getting shut down because of Morons on Facebook who have nothing better to do then report everyone they want too. You tell me why people would be offended by this website. http://www.silencespeaksbydanielrice.com There is nothing in my website that is remotely offensive! Just a bunch of YAHOO"S on FACEBOOK who sit and report who ever they want too. Grow up people!

Comment by Dan — August 16, 2011 @ 8:50 am
who do I have to go to when I have a problem with my Facebook account

Comment by Chad — November 12, 2011 @ 10:08 am
How ironic is that, Facebook steals and sells the many people contact, do much soliciting than the members. When facebook started first time, facebook guys were extremely flexible, When they grab enough attention they started to be assholes. They changed privacy policy so they can steals contact info of the memnbers. I guess time to move to Google+ which is alot safer and less bullshit

Comment by NobleSpirit — December 12, 2011 @ 12:21 am
I think Facebook needs to go, and it will, someone just needs to make a better social websight. I got locked out the first 30 minutes after creating mine tonight, wtf. I added 2 people I know, filled in the stupid reguests for books, music, etc. Then I added 2 public figures, but get this, my thired public figure was Ron Paul, as soon as I added him it wants my phone number, but that ain't happening. So I'm locked out for no reason. I think there is a conspiracy, and the only reason I was banned was for adding Governer Jesse Ventura, Alex Jones, and Ron Paul.

Comment by tom — December 17, 2011 @ 10:57 pm
I will NOT report someone that I don't know, even if I know it's some kid from Nigeria looking for a ticket outside of poverty. The only way FB can know who I do and do not know in real life is if they are spying on me outside of FB. I've gotten that "You don't know this person so you can't add them" even though a) it was a family member, and b) I probably get 20 friend requests for every one that I actually send. FB also tried to get me to cancel all pending friend requests, which I refused to do. My prom date took 8 months to accept my friend request, told me he doesn't get on FB that much. I just had another friend request accepted, and it had been so long that I forgot I had sent the request. Zuckerberg is jealous because I have more friends than he does.

Comment by ATL — January 23, 2012 @ 11:07 am
NO, the reason is that everyone now either has to have a phone with text capabilities or a .edu email address to create a Facebook page. It's really very annoying since I know lots of people who either don't have a cell phone or don't have a text plan, but also don't have a .edu email address. It has nothing to do with your personal likes or dislikes.

Comment by Diane — January 23, 2012 @ 4:52 pm
I got sent to the Facebook Time-Out corner for uploading too many pictures in one night. I uploaded 3 albums all containing 200 photo's and I got the following message:

It looks like you were going too fast and misusing this feature, so you’ve been blocked from it for up to two days.

Yup, two days for doing what Facebook is all about…"socializing and connecting". These were photo's of fellow mountain bike racers during a race we attended/raced that morning. I'm waiting out my two days. Today was Day1 of my time-out. LoL!!

Comment by Maria*Maria — January 23, 2012 @ 4:58 pm
Seriously? Um, no, FB doesn't allow porn. Come on, use your head. Read the TOS, it's in there.

Comment by Sal — January 23, 2012 @ 10:22 pm

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It sounds to me like she was banned for a legitimate reason. I've reported several people for sending friend requests when I don't know them, because I assume they are spammers. I'm glad to know that facebook takes those reports seriously. Clearly multiple people must have reported her to facebook.

Comment by Kelly Shane Pickell — September 1, 2010 @ 3:19 pm

Good for her! Facebook's rules are so hypocritical – they allow people to have 5,000 "friends" – really? What person has 5,000 friends – people they actually know???? Please . . . who is Facebook kidding. And for people who have reported others for asking to be friends, grow up, decide for yourself whether you want to be friends with that person or not – no one but no one in this world personally knows 5,000 people! Get real!

Comment by Lorraine Arams — September 1, 2010 @ 3:24 pm

It does seem that lots of people try to befriend people they do not really know in real life. That seems harmless unless it is accompanied by our behaviors that violate the terms of facebook, meaning they really are harrassing others on the site. Lots of people have the 5000 friends maximum and it does not seem likely they really knew them. Who has 5000 friends in real life? You would not even be able to keep track of them. To me facebook is two-faced on the issue. On one hand they encouage you to sign up new friends yet when you do it they want to ban you

Comment by david choiniere — September 1, 2010 @ 3:37 pm

I support her cause, but not her case. For the first time, I feel like Facebook is protecting my privacy.

Also, for Lorraine: I would challenge you to prove it, but I know you can't. I know well over 1,000 people, probably closer to 2,000, and I'm not a very social person and I live in a city of only about 90,000 people. If you choose to keep in touch with schoolmates and co-workers – especially in densely populated areas – it's easily possible to know a LOT more than 5,000 people.

Comment by Paul McCord — September 1, 2010 @ 3:54 pm

I have sent friend requests that I don't know, I thought if I had a common interest with someone that I could befriend them. OOPS!!! Also, I send requests to actors, actresses, political people etc. Often if they hit their 5000 person quota, they make a "Like" page and I can follow them their. I hope no one has reported me, I meant no harm to anyone and would never spam anyone.

Comment by Sandi Saileau — September 1, 2010 @ 4:05 pm

Yes, it does seem like a legitimate reason but we'll see what the judge thinks.

Comment by Caitlin Fitzsimmons — September 1, 2010 @ 4:07 pm

I hate the reasons Facebook bans people. Honestly. The new policy of not being able to add people in masses if you don't have connections to them; why is that a problem? You can always decline if you don't know them. Give me a break.

Comment by Laila — September 1, 2010 @ 4:07 pm

That is SUCH BS.. I have MANY friends that I have gotten to know through the games or through "like" pages on Facebook. People join the common interest pages, get to "know" people and become friends. It happens EVERY DAY, PROBABLY every second! LOL.

If you don't want to accept my request deny it, no big deal. I accept requests ALL THE TIME from people on common interest pages that I don't know but have made virtual friends with. Woman Uncensored, Peaceful Parenting, Boycott Target, Boycott News Radio Now (North Carolina), etc. That list doesn't include half of my "friends" from pages, nor does it include the game friends I have acquired. Isn't the ENTIRE point of facebook socialization??

Give me a BREAK facebook!

Comment by Holly — September 1, 2010 @ 5:48 pm

Not sure why she feels she has the right to demand free services from a privately held company. She obviously violated whatever rule was violated. If you give away a free service, are you not allowed to have rules in place for the conditions such services are offered? If so, is it not up to you, and you alone, to decide if such rules have been violated? How long are you obligated to provide your services for free? How can somebody claim they have been damaged because they were given services without any cost to them, broke the stated rules, and were thus denied services? How were they damaged?

Comment by Rob Fulop — September 1, 2010 @ 6:47 pm

The thing of it it is – the games, like Sorority Life pretty much demand you have a full sorority. (1000 people) Farm ville – 300 , same goes with Mafia Wars. We need to be able to fulfill our quotas. Its not fair. As to Face Book being "private" – no way! It is an international company ,open to the public. SO , that being said – i you do not want random invites – do not have your profile "open". FB gives plenty of tools to stop that – USE THEM . Reporting folks for simply trying to be friends is BS people. GROW UP!We gamers just need another site to be on and away from fascist FB.

Comment by 'Liza — September 1, 2010 @ 8:19 pm

I agree, Rob. It would be interesting to see facebook become a victim of its own success, but this would set a disturbing precedent. Access to .gov and public .edu sites could, arguably, be a right. But access to any commercial site (even a "publicly held company" – as opposed to a "public forum") should not be accorded the same rights.

That said, I read the other day that facebook now has a member population that ranks third among countries of the world…? That's kind of disturbing, too. Maybe we SHOULD lobby for voting rights.

Comment by Holly Jahangiri — September 2, 2010 @ 4:40 am

Agreed. If she wanted to invite people to join her cause, she should have created a page or used a social site that is intended for non-profit organizations like that. Facebook is free and in order for it to be free, you have to follow the rules, plain and simple. I don't think she has a very strong case, it will be interesting to see where this lawsuit goes.

Comment by Alex Barcelona — September 2, 2010 @ 4:47 am

It sounds like she had spammer qualities, at the very least. And as for requesting people you don't know, Facebook doesn't know that unless people complain. Ever see that "don't know this person" option when getting a friend request? They obviously got enough of those from people declining her requests. Again, remember, Facebook knows NONE of these things, even about the emailing, unless people were complaining in sufficient quantities. People can email each other willy-nilly on FB, even if they are not friends (I've done it quite a bit with people I know despite us not connecting as "friends.") Clearly, in this case, Facebook was responding to direct complaints against this woman. She's a spammer, heartwarming cause or not, plain and simple (and obsessive on top of bipolar, at that.)

Comment by Ally — September 2, 2010 @ 6:04 am

I think she should have her day in court.

Of the three cited behaviors, only the first, "Sending friend requests to people you don’t know.", appears to apply.

Facebook actually facilitates this behavior, millions of time per day with their suggestion that I befriend someone who is a friend of a friend. I frequently get requests from people I don't know because of this. It is annoying.

There is a legal term(s) for what Facebook is doing… setting people up so they are doomed to violate their policies; lack of good faith, impossible conditions, or something.

Sure, they may ask if this is someone you also know. But, the fact is, they have some culpability in this matter and for that reason I believe the case has merit.

Comment by Jim Carroll — September 2, 2010 @ 7:07 am

@Rob I don't think the fact Facebook is free is the issue here. A free service is entitled to have rules and terms of use. A paid service is also entitled to have rules and terms of use, though they may have to refund money if they ban someone. I don't think the cost of the service would be relevant in considering whether there was a breach of the Anti Discrimination Act.

@Liza When Rob referred to Facebook being a private company, I'm pretty sure he was talking about the ownership. It's not public ie. listed on the stock exchange.

@Jim You make some good points about the 'people you may know' suggestions.

Comment by Caitlin Fitzsimmons — September 2, 2010 @ 9:49 am

Oh lord the stupid. Yeah, go sue them for all your money back…oh wait.

User rights, user rights, user rights. What about the rights a business to refuse you service? The rules are clearly spelled out, if you don't like them don't use facebook. It's not 'a human right'. Get a damn life, a real one I mean.

Comment by Ivo — September 2, 2010 @ 10:21 am

WOW! The stupidity of the people posting here is mind boggling. Facebook is a website for the socially inept and those incapable of dealing with people in real life. However, it is a private business that can refuse service to anyone for any reason it wants. For this woman or anyone to think they have some sort of "rights" when it comes to a free service offered by a website just shows how self centered people have become. As far as her disability, being bipolar is not a disability. I have an artificial knee and titanium holding most of my body together and I was diagnosed as being bi-polar when I was a teenager. My surgical implants and artificial knee are a real disability and for the life of me I can't think of one way that a website would need to "accommodate my disability". If you actually read her lawsuit you will see how frivolous it is and I hope the courts punish her for bringing yet another frivolous lawsuit to our courts.

Comment by Michael — September 2, 2010 @ 2:17 pm

I had been using a Facebook feature called "Meet New People" primarily for meeting girls. I was blocked from adding any friends.

Comment by Conrad MacRoberts — September 2, 2010 @ 5:28 pm

I don't understand,what about all the causes and organizations on facebook do they count? And what about if you think it is someone you know and it is not the person you think it is. I have done that on accident. Also a lot of people promote themselves for there business what about them?

Comment by Nannette — September 2, 2010 @ 6:43 pm

@Michael "However, it is a private business that can refuse service to anyone for any reason it wants."

Sorry but this is definitely NOT the law, at least in the United States of America and many other countries in which Facebook operates. A business CANNOT refuse service to anyone "for any reason it wants". Legally some reasons are legitimate and some are not. For example, a shop keeper can't have a policy that they won't serve black people. That's ILLEGAL, no matter whether the shop is privately owned or not.

The question the court will consider is not whether or not Facebook is entitled to refuse service for "any reason" because that's already answered, but whether it had a LEGITIMATE reason for refusing service in THIS case, or whether there was a breach of anti-discrimination law by doing so. I'm not saying that this woman will win – that's a long shot – but if she loses it won't be for the reason you suggest.

Comment by Caitlin Fitzsimmons — September 3, 2010 @ 1:17 pm

@Nanette Causes, organizations and businesses can have Facebook pages, which are different to personal profiles, and they have fans or 'likes' rather than friends. I also don't think anyone would get banned for the odd mistaken friend request – it's only if you do it to hundreds or thousands of people and they're annoyed enough to report you

Comment by Caitlin Fitzsimmons — September 3, 2010 @ 1:19 pm

The Woman should join @theFaceBookPetitio on Twitter. Definitely better than just one voice to Facebook.

Comment by Kelly Kc — September 4, 2010 @ 3:57 am

Hi Kelly, It's nice to meet you. I'll check out the site

that you mentioned when I get a chance. I don't hate Facebook in and of itself. I just know that there are problems which should be addressed. Taking the time to do that should be a concern of theirs as well as others in society. Facebook is all over the world and effects people and commerce on all levels. That's important for people to be concerned about now and for the future generations of children. Warm regards, Karen

Comment by karenbethyoung — September 4, 2010 @ 7:57 am

"I’ve reported several people for sending friend requests when I don’t know them, because I assume they are spammers."

I know what you mean. I have sent several of those to people I didn't know but had things in common with, assuming they weren't idiots that were going to report me for it!

Looks like we have both been wrong…LOL

I'm beginning to think facebook is run by a bunch of Nazi's. First off, they should look up the meaning of harassement before accusing people of it. And sending someone a friend request sure the hell isn't it. They closed my account when I had never even messaged anyone more then once and wouldn't even allow me to contact my own wife. Telling me I didn't know her. When I inquired as to what happen, they told me I had a fake account and members have to have their real names.This after having to give them my cell number to verify my account. Crap I'm getting so peed thinking about it I wish the lady had started a class action lawsuit. Too bad she's going to lose for already admitting she broke the rules.

Comment by Vic — September 5, 2010 @ 3:47 pm

First of all theres no one to determine whether or not your violating Facebooks terms. This entire system is done by computers and software. Yes thats right a computer determines if you are wrong. I have 68 friends and I just got banned from adding more friends? Seriously 68 friends and Im banned from adding more.. Obviously im not abusing anything or harassing anyone. Its total BS..

And as for all these Apps and games on Facebook why even have them if there gonna ban you for adding those who want them to add you to play these games.

LET PEOPLE DETERMINE who they want to add or for that matter who they know. How does facebook know who I know and who I dont? Yeah I get spammers requesting me but I dont bitch about, it only takes my finger muscles and 2 second to click IGNORE.

I hope this woman does win and Facebook gets put in there place.. After all they've been Sharing all YOUR Personal Information with advertisers. If you ask me they have it coming..

Comment by Shawn — September 6, 2010 @ 8:26 pm

I wanna see spammers win law suits when Google takes their human rights away by closing accounts. Where are we living?

If she's that famous, she should just open her own little awareness website and make a login on it – that way she can collect people's data and reach her followers whenever she wants – under her own rules.

I think she has too much time on her hands.

Comment by Ruben — September 7, 2010 @ 3:13 pm

NOW YOU ARE CERTIFIABLY INSANE PAUL!! There isn't a person on God's green earth that can HONESTLY say they KNOW 5,000 people! I mean be real bud, there is no way possible you can say you really KNOW those 1,000+ people. Tell me the color of each of their hair, eyes…what is their occupations?…how old are they? Are they married or single? Do they have kids and how many?…You need to get a grip on reality here, the definition of a real friend is someone you know all about or most anyways! You may have many aquaintances but those are NOT so called "FRIENDS". You meet someone in a grocery store in passing that doesn't mean you know them or that you can call them a friend…wake up!

Comment by Terry — September 18, 2010 @ 4:49 am

[...] Facebook is only increasing these systems to prevent spam and security breaches. The result is that if you don’t verify your identity, you’ll have to enter a captcha every time you make a post on a wall or comment on a status update. The reality is that you’ll need to figure out a way to verify your identity. If you don’t have a phone number or a credit card, you can try driving across the country as this woman did. [...]

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I think a legitimate question is… "Does facebook encourage the behavior of adding people you don't know" ? They add several games. they will tell you that they don't program most of the games… But they have rules for the games that require that any "neighbor" you have in the game has to be someone that is currently a friend (they force this rule on the companies that make games). Several games require friends for advancement. If you don't have any friends playing that game, then you can not advance in that game (some games require friends to even get past lvl 1). A social network by defintion is a place where friends can meet. dictionary.com defines friend this way "a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter: friends of the Boston Symphony" so, it is reasonable to assume that people who like the same game can become friends. it is reasonable to assume that those not wishing to be offered to be friends would set their profile as such. facebook encourages people to play these games so they get more companies interested in paying revenue to advertise. then facebook sets up a computer program (not real people) to determine things like how many people you add and how fast. then they ban you for it and tell you that they wont tell you how long you are suspended or banned and they tell you that they cant tell you the rate of your adding frineds that got you banned/suspended and they claim that you can not contact them and no one at facebook can change it. that's like saying " we make the rules, we decide if you broke them, we wont tell you the rules, and we wont tell you how long you will be punished. i, too was temporarily suspended (after adding less than 10 people in less than 5 minutes). but i was adding friends who also enjoyed a game and they stated that they wanted more friends who played that same game. they never had a chance to even accept. it banned me before they even got the word that i wanted to be a friend. the computer just assumed that i was adding people i didn't know and that weren't friends with me. Now granted, i can't pick out most of my facebook friends in a police line up, but i have brain damage, i cant always pick out my real friends in a police line up. Facebook is thinking completely of money. they get advertising revenue, hire a computer to block people (they don't have to pay minimum wage) and do as much as possible through automation. they have a phone number that never gets answered. they don't believe in customer service. did you know they have a D rating with the Better Business Bureau ? Facebook is upsetting the very people who enjoy facebook and when they lose enough of them, they will no longer look like a great place to advertise and that will affect their revenues. The best thing people can do… is to quit using facebook. I think she has a great case, and I wish she had made a class action lawsuit. and to think people say the owner(s) went to college. you'd think they would have a bigger clue how to run a good business and get a B rating or better with the better business bureau (instead of looking like a 2 bit operation run in their garage). ok, maybe they have a building in California. I have heard that they have employees. But I have not seen anything to show me what these people do. I have seen evidence that a lot of the work is done through automation.

Comment by Pat — September 22, 2010 @ 3:52 pm

so i have a facebook account and my friend came over and decided to make one at my house, and he miss used the account, so does it mean when the "facebook" bans the account, does it take me down with him? as in delete both my account and his? since hes using my computer… sharing the same IP….? =/

Comment by CRUNCHY — September 23, 2010 @ 6:41 am

Exactly, I was banned for playing a game myself, others have 3 or more accounts with even the same exact name and they want to de-activate me on a hear say of another player getting mad because I gave away a virtual pet that she gave me and wants another in return. If their going to ban users for multiple accounts then they should enforce it without reports even as simple as investigating accounts with the same exact name. I want to sue them myself because I have hundreds of dollars in virtual items that i now dont have because they enforced their rules on a hear say of a disgruntled player. Screw them. I have a friend who solicited over 2000 friends for a game and when i go through her friends list I can see several that have the same name or one letter changed to give them an advantage to the game. everyone does it but they de-activate on hear say reports. they should be sued for discrimination. thats it.

Comment by Darin Andrade — September 27, 2010 @ 1:48 am

exactly!

Comment by darin andrade — September 27, 2010 @ 1:58 am

it will go no where, because she has no lawyer, and no proof of no wrong doing. this event in "ink" is just a tabloid posting

Comment by Godbaby Eddie — September 27, 2010 @ 4:38 pm

when one receives a friend request invitation: when u decline the friend add.. and mark a person as not knowing them, it is NOT a complaint that flags Facebook admins.. it is a script that prevents that person from trying to add you again.

Comment by Godbaby Eddie — September 27, 2010 @ 4:43 pm

I'd like to jump in here and point out a few things. I will say first.. I do not have 5000 friends BUT given many years of an account I could acquire that many friends. One does not need to know how old they are, what color their hair is, or if they are missing a front tooth. Really? Is that what we constitute as a friend now… specifics..and details? In this day in age of Myspace, chat rooms that go around the world, blog followers, big business and promoting a business on FB, CAN and WILL generate "friends" that want to communicate with you or follow you. Who is it for FB to define what a FRIEND is, or YOU for that matter? Seriously, as a business owner of 2 businesses that promotes on FB yes my customers are my FRIEND…when I meet someone at the park while my kids are playing and we hit it off..they are my FRIEND…the lady at the grocery store that I go through her line every week and chit chat on small things and find we like eachothers conversations..they are my FRIEND. I have acquired several friends that I talk to on a daily basis that may have been my UPS driver, the girl at the tanning salon, or people I met years and years ago on MYSPACE (before FB) that I have never met face to face. But now do business with them and socialize on a daily or weekly basis. In this day and age the internet has given the ability to ALL of us to acquire 5000+ "friends", if FB didn't think you could have 5000 friends then why did they give you that ability to have that many? Lets just remember FB is a social site and can not define who YOU feel is a "friend", if you don't want them as a "friend" then don't request them or don't accept them!! And the best part of it…if later, you don't like them….there's that little button called DELETE!!!!
Have a nice day….Your Friend ABVD ;o}

Comment by Anna — November 7, 2010 @ 4:56 am

I want to know who put FB in charge of defining what a FRIEND is!!!!!!

Comment by Anna — November 7, 2010 @ 5:07 am

I also got banned from Facebook & what happen if you create a new account? I don’t even know why I was banned for but one of my friend said I should check on uploading pics that are not mine. I wasn’t sure about what pics are copyrighted or not & I didn’t noticed it. I’m not sure if that was the reason but I also posted some porn links. I saw some groups & people used some porn pics so I thought it was ok. I didn’t know how to contact the admins, so what should I do?

Comment by Matthew Doan — December 30, 2010 @ 1:41 am

Oh no worries I'm back on Facebook lol. I'm still going to be extra careful & be alert of the rules this time though.

Comment by Matthew Doan — December 30, 2010 @ 1:50 am

they dont any more , i have reported several people and applications for violations on facebook and all i get is some BS autoresponder stating that they do not provide support

Comment by MicroTrip — February 7, 2011 @ 11:27 pm

Facebook is GREEDY, and should allow people to promote how they want since there is over 500 million users, soon to be a billion. Eventually in 10 years, it will be 8 billion and that's the entire human race..

Facebook charges very high amounts for their ad's system, and only tycoons can benefit, or their hackers are the only ones in on the deal. The rich get richer with facebook, and the poor are basically ignored.

The AUTO LIKE script spam system was glorious until they activated CAPTACHAs and then blocks, but i'm sure some hacker will find a way to bypass the blocks with Proxies, and they should be rewarded, and go agaisnt social networks that think they own the world and can do what hey want with us "small humans"

Facebook will never have a full proof system even if they through 8 billion dollars into it. Someone will always break the code and share that code with the rest of the world trying to catch up. Spam is harmless. annoying but harmless. 9-5 jobs are no longer the only way to make money anymore, learn the hacks tricks and trades of the net, and you will generate finances you never thought you would make with just a simple automation click. )

Comment by FACEBOOK SUCKS — March 25, 2011 @ 8:34 am

It sounds like Facebook are being assholes! Plian and simple. Why would they shut down a site that is giving money to a good cause, cancer research. What the hell is the matter with people. It's people like you Kelly Shane and a lot others that rewport people for ridiculous reasons! People on Facebook are mean. They report you to Facebook and Facebook stops you from posting. Here is what I was posting and I keep getting shut down because of Morons on Facebook who have nothing better to do then report everyone they want too. You tell me why people would be offended by this website. http://www.silencespeaksbydanielrice.com There is nothing in my website that is remotely offensive! Just a bunch of YAHOO"S on FACEBOOK who sit and report who ever they want too. Grow up people!

Comment by Dan — August 16, 2011 @ 8:50 am

who do I have to go to when I have a problem with my Facebook account

Comment by Chad — November 12, 2011 @ 10:08 am

How ironic is that, Facebook steals and sells the many people contact, do much soliciting than the members. When facebook started first time, facebook guys were extremely flexible, When they grab enough attention they started to be assholes. They changed privacy policy so they can steals contact info of the memnbers. I guess time to move to Google+ which is alot safer and less bullshit

Comment by NobleSpirit — December 12, 2011 @ 12:21 am

I think Facebook needs to go, and it will, someone just needs to make a better social websight. I got locked out the first 30 minutes after creating mine tonight, wtf. I added 2 people I know, filled in the stupid reguests for books, music, etc. Then I added 2 public figures, but get this, my thired public figure was Ron Paul, as soon as I added him it wants my phone number, but that ain't happening. So I'm locked out for no reason. I think there is a conspiracy, and the only reason I was banned was for adding Governer Jesse Ventura, Alex Jones, and Ron Paul.

Comment by tom — December 17, 2011 @ 10:57 pm

I will NOT report someone that I don't know, even if I know it's some kid from Nigeria looking for a ticket outside of poverty. The only way FB can know who I do and do not know in real life is if they are spying on me outside of FB. I've gotten that "You don't know this person so you can't add them" even though a) it was a family member, and b) I probably get 20 friend requests for every one that I actually send. FB also tried to get me to cancel all pending friend requests, which I refused to do. My prom date took 8 months to accept my friend request, told me he doesn't get on FB that much. I just had another friend request accepted, and it had been so long that I forgot I had sent the request. Zuckerberg is jealous because I have more friends than he does.

Comment by ATL — January 23, 2012 @ 11:07 am

NO, the reason is that everyone now either has to have a phone with text capabilities or a .edu email address to create a Facebook page. It's really very annoying since I know lots of people who either don't have a cell phone or don't have a text plan, but also don't have a .edu email address. It has nothing to do with your personal likes or dislikes.

Comment by Diane — January 23, 2012 @ 4:52 pm

I got sent to the Facebook Time-Out corner for uploading too many pictures in one night. I uploaded 3 albums all containing 200 photo's and I got the following message:

It looks like you were going too fast and misusing this feature, so you’ve been blocked from it for up to two days.

Yup, two days for doing what Facebook is all about…"socializing and connecting". These were photo's of fellow mountain bike racers during a race we attended/raced that morning. I'm waiting out my two days. Today was Day1 of my time-out. LoL!!

Comment by Maria*Maria — January 23, 2012 @ 4:58 pm

Seriously? Um, no, FB doesn't allow porn. Come on, use your head. Read the TOS, it's in there.

Comment by Sal — January 23, 2012 @ 10:22 pm

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