German High Court Rules Facebook “Friend Finder” Is Unlawful

The feature which imports contacts from a user’s email address and sends invitations to non-users to join the social network was ruled illegal by the German court on Thursday. It declared the feature as advertising harassment and an intrusive form of marketing on behalf of Facebook by using imported data.

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