Legal Opinion
Fraley v. Facebook, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 16, 2011No. Case No. 11-CV-01726-LHKPublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
LUCY H. KOH, District Judge.
Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) owns and operates Facebook.com, a social networking site with over 600 million members worldwide and over 153 million members in the United States. While members join Facebook.com for free, Facebook generates its revenue through the sale of advertising targeted at its users. At issue here is one of Facebook’s advertising practices in particular, “Sponsored Stories,” which appear on a member’s Facebook page, and which typically consist of another member’s name,…
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