Facebook threat to sue Daily Mail

[Gwylan]

Looks like Daily Mail has been a bit careless with the facts.

Surely not ...

Daily Mail lies about Facebook (updated x3) | Influence and networks | Global Dashboard

 

[Whitterz]

anything to sell a few more papers

 

[Gwylan]

What's strange about this one is that the Mail was told this story wasn't about Facebook but went ahead and printed it anyway: the paper's lawyers having a little doze were they?

 

[beorhthelm]

cant see it, whats the gist?

 

[Gwylan]

Hmmm ... link doesn't work. I'll try again.

The gist is that some bod wrote an article about a social networking site and how, pretending to be a 14-year-old girl, he got propositioned by paedos. The Mail changed the story so it was about Facebook and didn't change the story, even when it was pointed out that it was false.

Facebook is now threatening legal action

(and as an aside, if FB do sue and show that the Mail was motivated by malice and didn't just make a mistake, the damages could be huge)

See if this link works
http://www.globaldashboard.org/2010/03/10/daily-mail-facebook/

 

[blue and white army]

Good shit paper.

 

[Rookie]

Don't seem to want to come up but anyone threatening the Mail is good by me

 

[sten_super]

They have now changed the article again

CLARIFICATION

In an earlier version of this article, we wrongly stated that the criminologist had conducted an experiment into social networking sites by posing as a 14-year-old girl on Facebook with the result that he quickly attracted sexually motivated messages. In fact he had used a different social networking site for this exercise. We are happy to set the record straight.

 

[Chesney Christ]

Good shit paper.

Make your mind up...

 

[blue and white army]

Make your mind up...

not my favourite paper.

 

[The Large One]

They have now changed the article again

CLARIFICATION

In an earlier version of this article, we wrongly stated that the criminologist had conducted an experiment into social networking sites by posing as a 14-year-old girl on Facebook with the result that he quickly attracted sexually motivated messages. In fact he had used a different social networking site for this exercise. We are happy to set the record straight.

It's 'setting the record straight' in print that's more important here.

What price them running the same screaming DPS tomorrow saying they wrongly implicated Facebook in something? Nah, quite.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Good shit paper.

Without punctuation this is a baffling post.

 

[blue and white army]

Without punctuation this is a baffling post.

Apologies Ninja my keyboard is screwed Kristen didn't object to me punctuating her

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Apologies Ninja my keyboard is screwed Kristen didn't object to me punctuating her

You leave Kristen out of this, you bastard.