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Jack Attack

By Chris Bennett, Tudor Carsten, Michael R. Coburn, Sarah Dale-Harris, Pablo Guzman, Danielle (Dani) Lemon, Chris Metcalfe and David Spratley

Jack Thompson, the famous anti-videogame cruisader who has been sued by video game publishers and was disbarred last year by the Supreme Court of Florida, has now sued Facebook for $40 million, claiming that Facebook harmed him by failing to remove a poll asking whether he should be killed. Facebook recently removed a similar poll directed at President Obama, but chose not to remove the poll directed at Thompson.<p> <p> Coverage here.<p>Bookmarks: <a href="http://del.icio.us/login/?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/02/Jack-Attack&title=Jack+Attack" >Delicious</a>, <a href="http://digg.com/tools/digthis.php?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/02/Jack-Attack" >Digg </a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/02/Jack-Attack">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&bkmk=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/02/Jack-Attack&title=Jack+Attack" >Google</a>, <a href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/02/Jack-Attack&title=Jack+Attack">Reddit</a>, <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/02/Jack-Attack&title=Jack+Attack">StumbleUpon</a>, <a href="http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com/myresults/bookmarklet?u=http://www.davis.ca/en/blog/Video-Game-Law/2009/10/02/Jack-Attack&=Jack+Attack" >Yahoo</a>

Full post as published by Video Game Law Blog on December 04, 2009 (boomark / email).