Meaning of likejacking | Babel Free

Definitions

The malicious practice of tricking users of a social networking website into "liking" something they did not intend to like.

Internet, neologism, uncountable

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Examples

“On Facebook, the form this takes has been dubbed Likejacking, because the object of the scam is to get you to click a hidden Like button, sending out a News Feed story saying that you Liked a Page or a link that you haven't, in fact, Liked.”

“No risk of "likejacking", "clickjacking", spammy apps or anything else that's so prevalent these days.”

CEFR level