Facebook has landed in some legal hot water over its use of ads that snatch the names of members of the social network to promote a product or business. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, Calif., denied Facebook's request to dismiss a lawsuit over the practice of so-called sponsored stories. Such "stories," which started popping up this past January, create an ad based on the "likes" of a member's Facebook friends.
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