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And staying with scrutiny over technology companies, Santa Clara County in California has filed a lawsuit
accusing Meta of failing to stop fraudulent ads on its platforms.
County officials say the company allowed the ads to spread because they generated billions in revenue.
NTD's Christina Corona has that story.
The city of Santa Clara has filed a lawsuit against Meta accusing the company of profiting from scam ads on Facebook and Instagram.
The lawsuit filed Monday in California Superior Court claims Meta violated the state's false advertising and unfair competition laws.
County officials allege the company knowingly let scam ads flourish because they brought in billions of dollars in revenue.
The lawsuit cites internal documents first reported by Reuters.
The complaint alleges that Meta made up to $7 billion a year from so-called high-risk scam ads that showed clear signs of fraud.
Santa Clara County says Meta chose profits over protecting users and scaled back efforts to stop scam ads
when those efforts could have reduced ad revenue.
County counsel Tony Lopresti told Reuters, "The scale of Meta's misconduct has reached an extraordinary level and it needs to stop."
The lawsuit also claims that Meta allowed third parties to sell protected advertising accounts to scammers and used its systems to target users who had clicked on similar suspicious ads in the past.
Meta has denied the allegations.
In a previous statement to Reuters, a company spokesperson said, "We aggressively fight fraud and scams because people on our platforms don't want this content."
Legitimate advertisers don't want it and
we don't want it either." Santa Clara
County is seeking restitution, civil penalties, and a court order to stop the alleged practices.
Reporting from the city of Almaden, Christina Corona NTD News.
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