Dutch court orders Facebook to pull financial fraud adverts

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Dutch court orders Facebook to pull financial fraud adverts
A Dutch court has ordered Facebook to remove advertisements that misuse the likeness of a local celebrity to promote fraudulent Bitcoin-related investments. Dutch billionaire tycoon John de Mol sued Facebook, saying it had failed to respond to repeated requests to pull advertisements that ...

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