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Court orders Montreal man to pay Facebook $1 billion
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The Canadian Press
Date: Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010 12:59 PM ET
MONTREAL — Spammers of the world, beware.
A Quebec man has been ordered to pay Facebook $1 billion after he allegedly bombarded its members with junk messages.
Quebec Superior Court has upheld a ruling by a U.S. court that Montrealer Adam Guerbuez owes that money after he flooded the Facebook accounts of members with 4 million spam messages.
A court in California ruled in 2008 that Guerbuez had violated U.S. electronic commerce laws.
Justice Lucie Fournier also forbade Guerbuez from having a Facebook account or being involved in any way with the social-networking site.
The spam sent by Guerbuez promoted medication to treat such conditions as erectile dysfunction.
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