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    Meta was accused of publishing false advertisements to be prosecuted. Australian regulatory agency also said that META's technology enabled false advertisements to aim the most likely to interact with them. These visits will be for them. Facebook brings a lot of income. Meta was accused of publishing false advertisements to be prosecuted.
    Meta was accused of publishing false advertisements. It is reported that it is reported that the Australian competition regulatory agency said today that Meta, the owner of Facebook, has begun to filed a lawsuit, accusing the social media company engaged in false or misleading in the country in the country. Virtual currency advertisements.
    It is reported that Meta has released an advertisement with the "famous public figures in Australia" as the main character to promote virtual currency investment or money -making plans. According to regulatory agencies, this is a "scam" and is likely to mislead users to believe in them.
    The Australian competition and consumer committee stated: "It is said that Meta knows that there are celebrities on Facebook endorsement virtual currency fraud advertisements, but they have not taken sufficient measures to solve this problem."

    The regulatory agency We are seeking statements, warnings, fines and other instructions. Meta did not immediately respond to the media's comment request.
    The regulatory agency stated that Facebook users were guided to a "false media article", including the endorsement of public figures on a virtual currency or money -making plan to attract users False plan.
    The chairman of the committee Rod Sims said: "We believe that META technology enables these advertisements to be targeted at users who are most likely to participate in this advertisement." It will detect and prevent spam and improve the security of Facebook, but it fails to stop the release of other celebrities' endorsement virtual currency fraud advertisements. " Meta Platforms was due to the company's failure to take sufficient measures to remove some fraud advertisements from Facebook. Among them, fraud advertisements include the use of public figures to promote virtual currency.
    The reports that the Australian competition and consumer committees stated in the federal court that even after many public figures around the world complained that their names and images were used without consent, these fraud advertisements were still displayed on Facebook. Among them, the chairman and largest shareholder of large iron ore producer ForteScue Metals, Andrew Forrest, has filed a lawsuit against Meta in similar false advertisements in Australia and American courts.
    Meta said that it has cooperated with the regulatory agency to investigate so far and intends to defend himself in court. Meta also said that the company uses technology to detect and prevent fraud advertisements and try to prevent scammers from bypassing the company's detection system.

    Specifically, the report pointed out that Australian regulators said that the links of these advertisements attracted Facebook users to a false media article, including public figures' support for virtual currencies or other money -making companies. Subsequently, users were invited to register and deposited funds into false plans.
    The regulatory agency also stated that Meta's technology enables false advertisements to aim the most likely to interact with them. When users click on the link in the advertisement and visit the login page of the advertisement, these access will bring a lot to Facebook to Facebook income.
    The report also said that if the court found that Meta violated Australian consumer laws, it may face millions of dollars fines.
    On October 28, 2021, local time, Zuckerberg, CEO of Social Media Giant Facebook, announced that it would be renamed the company "Meta". At the same time, Facebook will be downgraded as one of the company's subsidiaries and are tied with Ins and WhatsApp.
    Meta was accused of publishing false ads. According to CNET, a Australian regulatory agency is suing Meta Platforms, accusing the company without sufficient measures to prevent scammers from using advertisements that sell false virtual currencies and money -making programs at Facebook. user.

    This Australian Competition and Consumer Council (ACCC) stated in the federal court lawsuit that these advertisements are likely to deceive Facebook users and make them believe that the plan they promoted is the well -known Australian merchants and television characters. Supported by politicians.
    but ACCC said that these plans are actually scams, and people appearing in advertisements have never approved or supported these plans.

    Meta did not immediately respond to the CNET comments request, but the company told the Wall Street Journal that it had cooperated with ACCC and intends to defend itself in court. The company added that it uses technology to detect and prevent fraud ads, and try to make progress before the scammer tries to evade its testing system.
    If according to ACCC, the link contained in these advertisements brought Facebook users to a false article, including the public figures in the advertisement as a citation for these plans. The user was then invited to register, and later the scammers contacted them, forcing them to deposit funds into the false plan.
    ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said in a statement: "The essence of our case is that Meta is responsible for these advertisements released on its platform."
    SIMS also pointed out that helping advertisers lock the most. Maybe users who click on their advertisements are in line with the interests of Meta, because it has brought a lot of income to the company.

    ACCC said that Meta knew these fraud advertisements, but did not take sufficient measures to solve this problem. In addition, even after public figures around the world complained that their names and photos were used for similar advertisements, these fraud advertisements were still displayed on Facebook.
    The committee is seeking statement, ban, punishment, expenses and other orders.

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