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		benologist on Nov 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “No-CAPTCHA” reCAPTCHA Microsoft takes out spammers. - http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-12772319 - http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/26/technology/microsoft-raid/ - http://www.allspammedup.com/2013/06/microsoft-and-fbi-take-d... Facebook sues spammers: - http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/3/6901293/facebook-has-sued-...

dvanduzer on Nov 25, 2014 [–]

Thanks for all the evidence, but Microsoft's primary revenue stream isn't advertising, and Facebook is getting success by suing spammers that commit fraud against Facebook.

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