Facebook: We're going after scammy ads, too

The industry P.R. frenzy over scams in ads and offers on social networks goes on: Facebook announced on Thursday evening in a post on its developer blog that since it updated its developer platform terms of service this summer, it has disabled two ad networks that it says were running deceptive advertisements.

This comes in the wake of allegations that some companies that power offer- and survey-related moneymaking operations for social-gaming applications on platforms like Facebook's have effectively been scamming users into paying for services without disclosing those costs. One of them, Offerpal Media, has been particularly visible in the crosshairs.
"This battle is not new and it's far from over," the post by Facebook's Nick Giano wrote. "We faced stimulus scam ads on our own system earlier this year and pushed them off the site with rigorous enforcement. We did the same months later when deceptive ads from third-party ad networks appeared in applications. We're doing that again now as we see them appear in the form of offers."
Additionally, Facebook--which has said for quite some time that many of the activities highlighted in the "app scam" controversy are already banned by its terms of service--included in the post that more than 100 developer applications have been either "suspended or brought into compliance" over advertising issues, and that more than half of them were used by at least 1 million Facebook members per month. It's not clear whether these were all related to scams, or to other advertising-related infringements like the Burger King marketing campaign that encouraged users to "unfriend" their contacts in exchange for a free cheeseburger.
Facebook representatives declined to name which ad networks or applications it has banned.
Earlier this week, MySpace--another big destination for social-network apps--announced that it had updated its terms of service to ban app scams. Prior to that, several prominent application manufacturers announced that they had banned potentially deceptive offers, despite the fact that they are responsible for a big chunk of virtual-goods revenues.

Ways to upload pictures to you Facebook Account

Ever wondered how to upload pictures without logging in to your account on the computer. Here are 3 great and convenient way for you to upload pictures to your Facebook account.Let's tackle these options 1 by 1 shall we?

First, we have the e-mail option, although it would still require you to go to your computer, it removes the hassle of logging in to your account. Before you can use this option you need to get a link from the website allowing you to connect from your cellphone using Wap, GPRS, and 3G. Facebook will also give you your own personalized e-mail address, you will use that e-mail address as your recipient where you will be sending your photos. Remember to save that e-mail address so that you wont have a hard time trying to remember the address as it can be quite long.

Second, we have the Facebook mobile application. This works if you have a high-end cellphone, cellphones that have OVI features. You can also get this application through m.facebook.com or Facebook Mobile you can download this application from there. This application will open a mini browser just for Facebook that will allow you to use you camera feature so you can immediately upload pictures to your account.

Third and the last option, we have the MMS option, now we are all pretty familiar with this technique, since most uploading tasks is commonly done using this technique. We have been using this option ever since we started to utilize the convenience of mobile uploading, to those who are not yet familiar with this techique, here is how it works. But before we go there, you need to check if your phone have already activated the GPRS or MMS function. If you have not yet activated this function yet, it is best to contact your network service provider for assistance. Now, assuming that it is already activated, first thing that you need to do is compose a message on your phone,  select create an MMS your cellphone, attach the image that you want to be uploaded, instead of typing in the number of your recepient, type in the email address, for you are sending this message to an website. Send the message to mobile@facebook.com. After that is done, wait for a confirmation message that will associate your Facebook account with your mobile phone number. Using this option would not be recommended if you have a tight budget, as it is not 100 percent successful. Rate is for this would charged per picture sent.

Hope this will be of great help to you. Enjoy!