Meta Platforms’ technology enabled fake ads to target users most likely to click on them, an Australian regulator says
Inc. for not doing enough to remove scam ads from Facebook that featured public figures promoting cryptocurrency, deepening the social media giant’s legal troubles over the issue.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleged in federal court that the scam ads were still being displayed on Facebook even after public figures around the world complained that their names and images were being used without consent. One of them,Fortescue Metals GroupTo Read the Full Story
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