Facebook let children run up huge bills, court papers show

Staff discussed what to do with high-spending children before deciding to refuse refunds

Facebook has settled a class action lawsuit that had accused it of allowing children to run up huge bills on their parents' credit cards as part of a concerted effort to maximise revenues.

Court documents obtained by the US-based Center for Investigative Reporting, initially sealed as part of a lawsuit filed in 2012, revealed Facebook staff discussed what to do with the "whales", as they referred to the high-spending children, before deciding to refuse refunds.