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Facebook Could Sue "Mark Zuckerberg"
- Mashable, Tuesday, December 20, 2011 12:37 PM
Is Facebook really threatening to sue Mark Zuckerberg? Yes, though the Zuckerberg in question isn’t the company’s young, U.S.-born founder. Born Rotem Guez, the Zuckerberg at the center of the suit is an Israeli entrepreneur who legally changed his name earlier this month. Facebook’s law firm Perkins Coie has actually been threatening to sue “Zuckerberg” since September on the grounds that his social marketing company, Like Store, violates Facebook’s Terms of Service.
Like Store is in the business of selling companies Likes for their brand pages. Translated by Mashable, Like Store’s homepage reads: “Are you sad no one’s visiting your Facebook Page? We have a solution! Need 1,000 Likes? We’ll get them for you. Need 5,000 Likes? We’ll get them for you. Need 10,000 Likes? We’ll get them for you.”
Making matters more complicated, “Zuckerberg” apparently filed a lawsuit against Facebook in January, after the social network refused to give him access to his profile, which it had shut down. Writes Mashable’: “The threat instructed Zuckerberg to shut his company and never return to the social network for any reason.”
