As the Facebook phenomenon grows daily there have been a great deal of concerns raised about security issues and spam via Facebook. Facebook users who are often aggravated by unwanted friends requests and who are concerned about the legitimacy of some Facebook sites want to know what actions Facebook is planning to take against Olla Condoms for violating Facebook policies dealing with these matters.
Brian Anthony Hernandez has reported for Mashable "Condom Ad Disguised as Facebook Friend Request From Your Future Son." An aggressive advertising campaign from Olla Condoms, which has been sending Facebook users unsolicited friend requests from their yet-to-be-born sons, has attracted a great deal of attention, but is also a violation of Facebook policy.
The promo video which is for the “Unexpected Babies” campaign from the Brazilian agency Age Isobar details the ad’s concept: Take a male user’s name, create a new profile using that name with “Jr.” tacked on the end, and than send a friend request to the unsuspecting user. When the user visits his virtual son’s profile, he sees a condom ad from Brazil-based Olla.
But, Facebook expressly forbids fake profiles. It appears the condom ad campaign violates several policies found under “Registration and Account Security” in Facebook’s Terms. Also, Facebook’s Help Center even has a section to report fake accounts that “list a fake name” or “don’t represent a real person.” So the next move in dealing with the Olla Facebook advertising campaign is up to Facebook.
