A US judge has ordered tech giant Meta to hand over details about how fraudsters use its platform after the company revealed it has hosted 230,000 scam ads featuring billionaire Andrew Forrest’s image since 2019.
The revelations emerged during a hearing in California as part of Forrest’s long-running legal battle over scam cryptocurrency advertisements featuring the mining magnate published on Meta’s platforms, which have cost Australians millions of dollars.
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Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter. Connect with Tess on Twitter. Email Tess at tess.bennett@afr.com
