A federal judge said that Facebook is facing a class action lawsuit seeks to force the social networking company will return the money spent on their children without parental consent.
He said US District Judge Freeman Beit Upson, San Jose, California on Tuesday, estimates that there may be hundreds of thousands of Facebook under pressure to change the way the management of electronic transactions Palace of the applicant's class.
He said that the judge - set the date of October 19 / October evidence - that the players are not able to follow the issue of recovery as a group under the Supreme Court's precedent in the United States because of any recovery of funds varies, but they still have a chance to recover from the law separately.
For its part, Facebook said he believes the case has its advantages, and said that he is a strong defender.
Dress in April / April 2012, it was reported that Facebook has made it possible for children to use credit and debit cards to their parents to buy Facebook Credits virtual currency Facebook, violated California law does not return the money as part of the policy, which states that "all sales final" when parents complain.
On the other hand, collective action, Facebook said that the applicants' arguments vary widely, and is not considered by court order, but Freeman said the state law protects the parents and the children, when these children are "sometimes take advantage of lack of judgment" and buy the things that should not be.
It should be noted that the case against Facebook Oaldihama and two children, and that Facebook does not allow those who are younger than 13 years to create a social network account, which is a big world with over 1.39 billion
