The Associated Press reports that New York’s attorney general, Andrew Cuomo, is charging Tagged.com, a social networking site, with stealing the identities of more than 60 million Internet users around the world. He said he’s suing the company for deceptive marketing and invasion of privacy.
Cuomo alleged that Tagged acquired most of its users fraudulently, sending unsuspecting recipients e-mails that urged them to view private photos posted by friends. The message read: “(name of friend) sent you photos on Tagged.”
When recipients tried to access the photos, they become new members of the site — without ever seeing any photos. Recipients’ e-mail address books would then be stolen, said Cuomo.
The attorney general said a lawsuit would seek to stop Tagged from engaging in “fraudulent practices” and to seek fines.
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