US Politician Sues Facebook After Losing Election

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Majed Moughni lost Michigan’s Republican primary against incumbent Rep. John Dingell, who just so happens to be the longest-serving member of Congress. Even so, Moughni blames just one entity for his loss: Facebook. And now the attorney is suing the social networking site—not for money, but for an injunction that would halt premature account closing. Moughni, who came in fourth in the August primary, wants to know why Facebook shut down his page, cutting him off from his 1,600 friends, in June.

Facebook spokesperson Andrew Noyes told the newspaper, “This system always warns a user when they are nearing thresholds that will have features blocked or their account disabled. These warnings come as a pop-up that must be clicked through. The system is designed to prevent spammers and fakes from harassing our users and polluting the ecosystem.” Moughni’s page was adding 20 to 100 new friends a day, while Dingell had about 6,000 fans on two different Facebook pages combined. Moughni’s page was taken down June 10, and Republican primary was in August 2010.