Despite being permanently disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court last year due to "abusive and frivolous filings", Jack Thompson is back. This time, however, he isn't going after the video game industry, but rather social networking juggernaut, Facebook. Thompson filed a suit on Tuesday for US$40 million, claiming that some of the posts on the site have caused him "great harm and distress," such as the group "Jack Thompson should be smacked across the face with an Atari 2600."

Although Facebook removed a poll asking if Obama should be shot, cyber-law attorney Parry Aftab sees little chance of success for Thompson. Companies like Facebook have no liability for what people do with its services according to the U.S. Communications Decency Act. As Aftab points out, "They are no more liable than the phone company would be for anyone who is calling in a ransom demand."