{"id":1389806,"date":"2022-03-19T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T19:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389806"},"modified":"2022-03-19T16:44:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T20:44:49","slug":"australian-watchdog-sues-facebook-over-scam-advertisements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-watchdog-sues-facebook-over-scam-advertisements\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Watchdog Sues Facebook Over Scam Advertisements"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralian-watchdog-sues-facebook-over-scam-advertisements%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389806&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Australia\u2019s competition watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Facebook (now known as Meta) alleging that the social media giant failed to prevent scammers promoting fake ads on its platform.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/australia-watchdog-sues-facebook-owner-meta-over-false-cryptocurrency-ads-2022-03-17\/?utm_source=reddit.com\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that the\u00a0Australian Competition &#038; Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed a lawsuit against Facebook alleging that the social media giant failed to prevent scammers from using its platform to promote fake ads to unsuspecting users.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_11271932\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2019\/08\/GettyImages-1140291756-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is applauded as he delivers the opening keynote introducing new Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram privacy features at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California on April 30, 2019. \u2013 Got a crush on another Facebook user? The social network will help you connect, as part of a revamp unveiled Tuesday that aims to foster real-world relationships and make the platform a more intimate place for small groups of friends. (Photo by Amy Osborne \/ AFP) (Photo credit should read AMY OSBORNE\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The advertisements regularly endorsed cryptocurrency or money-making schemes and featured famous Australians to fool users. The lawsuit filed in the Federal Court alleges that Facebook\u00a0 \u201caided and abetted or was knowingly concerned in false or misleading conduct and representations by the advertisers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ACCC chair Rod Sims stated:\u00a0\u201cThe essence of our case is that Meta is responsible for these ads that it publishes on its platform. It is alleged that Meta was aware \u2026 scam ads were being displayed on Facebook but did not take sufficient steps to address the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facebook stated that any ads that are designed to scam users or mislead them violated the platform\u2019s policies and that the company uses technology to find and block such ads. Facebook added that it had\u00a0\u201ccooperated with the ACCC\u2019s investigation into this matter to date.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an email to Reuters, Facebook stated:\u00a0\u201cWe will review the recent filing by the ACCC and intend to defend the proceedings,\u201d refusing to comment further.<\/p>\n<p>The ACCC stated that the ads used images featuring\u00a0Australian business leaders, TV hosts and politicians and linked to fake news articles including fake quotes from the Australian personalities with the aim of having users deposit funds into fake schemes<\/p>\n<p>Sims stated:\u00a0\u201cWe are aware of a consumer who lost more than A$650,000 ($480,000) due to one of these scams \u2026 this is disgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facebook is no stranger to Australian courts.\u00a0 After Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s internet giant claimed it didn\u2019t collect data on Australian users, a judge called the argument \u201cdivorced from reality.\u201d As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/02\/07\/divorced-from-reality-australian-court-rejects-facebook-claim-that-it-doesnt-collect-data-in-country\/\">reported<\/a> in February:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The OAIC announced its lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s company in 2020, alleging\u00a0\u201cserious and\/or repeated interferences with privacy in contravention of Australian privacy law.\u201d The OAIC aimed to sue Facebook Inc. in the U.S. and its Irish subsidiary. The Masters of the universe have attempted to have the case against it thrown out claiming that it does not collect or hold personal information in Australia so cannot be sued under Australian laws.<\/p>\n<p>This argument was thrown out by the Australian court this week, describing Facebook\u2019s case as \u201cdivorced from reality.\u201d Justice Nye Perram said in his reasoning for the ruling:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a readily available inference that Facebook Inc installs cookies on devices in Australia on behalf of Facebook Ireland as part of its business of providing data processing services to it. Further, it is clear that Facebook Ireland\u2019s use of cookies (installed and removed by Facebook Inc) forms an important part of the operation of the Facebook platform. It is not an outlier activity. It is one of the things \u2018which makes Facebook work.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/australia-watchdog-sues-facebook-owner-meta-over-false-cryptocurrency-ads-2022-03-17\/?utm_source=reddit.com\">Reuters here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s competition watchdog has filed a lawsuit against Facebook (now known as Meta) alleging that the social media giant failed to prevent scammers promoting fake ads on its platform. 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