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Facebook in lawsuit over unauthorised charges

By David Gelles and Joseph Menn in San Francisco

Published: November 25 2009 00:13 | Last updated: November 25 2009 00:13

Facebook has become entangled in a dispute over advertising practices after some of its users claimed they received un­authorised charges to their credit cards while playing games on the social networking site.

A class-action lawsuit filed last week accuses Facebook, the world’s fourth-largest website, and Zynga, the largest social gaming company, of illegally charging users millions of dollars by getting them to sign up for recurring payments without their knowledge.

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Facebook has become entangled in a dispute over advertising practices

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