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  1. Apr 26, 2021 · Facebook and Google do have rules about what can and cannot be advertised on their platforms - but they are businesses of scale and it would cost them money to check every ad before it goes live ...

  2. Apr 26, 2021 · The study found that 27% of those who fell victim to a scam through an advert on a search engine or social media site did so on Facebook. Some 19% said it happened on Google.

  3. Feb 20, 2024 · Scam adverts using the identities of celebrities such as Richard Branson, despite them having nothing to do with the ads, also continue to target consumers. In November and December 2023, the consumer champion combed the biggest social media sites: Facebook, Instagram,TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube.

  4. Jul 20, 2021 · Facebook, too, has a scam ad problem — and it’s big enough to require 35,000 safety and security experts. Are these two iconic companies doing enough to fix what’s broken? The jury is still out.

    • Teddy Bunker
  5. Apr 26, 2021 · A Google spokesperson said the company had previously removed more than 3.1 billion scam ads for violating its policies. "We take action on potentially bad ads reported to us and these complaints ...

    • Martin Coulter
    • Henry Blodget
  6. Apr 27, 2021 · In Google's case, 34% of fraud victims said that even after reporting a scam ad, it wasn't taken down by the search engine. For Facebook this number was 26%. When it comes to the scams themselves, a quarter of the victims said that they were scammed via an ad on Facebook. Additionally, 19% of the victims reported being targeted via Google adverts.

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  8. Nov 30, 2023 · 30 November 2023. New scam ad protection measures, such as two-click reporting and verification for advertisers, are to be introduced by major tech firms including Facebook, Google and more. The move was welcomed by MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis, who has long called for regulation and law changes to help stop online scams ...

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