Facebook has once again shown its ugly side, this time as a corporate bully. After concerns of Facebook collecting and selling its user’s private data, an open source alternative, Openbook, was successfully launched on Kickstarter, with a relatively small number of subscribers. Now Facebook is threatening legal action because of the use of the word “book” in the name. This is ridiculous as the names are sufficiently different that it is unlikely that the two would be confused by any reasonable person. What this shows is that Facebook is trying to squash any competition, no matter how small, by being a corporate bully and resorting to legal action. Openbook does not have the money to fight a lawsuit, which is what Facebook is counting on. Nevertheless, the people behind Openbook will not roll over and succumb to this bullying. They are changing the name to Openspace. They deserve your support. www.openbook.social/en/home