US EditionMeta 'turning a blind eye' to illegal gambling ads, UK Gambling Commission says
The UK Gambling Commission found Meta’s platforms hosting ads from unlicensed gambling operators targeting vulnerable consumers and evading UK tax and safeguards.
- Britain's Gambling Commission said Meta Platforms was turning a blind eye to illegal online casinos advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
- The commission said Meta's own ad library showed which advertisers said their sites were 'Not on GamStop', effectively a 'window into criminality'.
- The commission chief said they had made 'very limited progress' engaging Meta to address the issue and that Meta should decide whose side it is on- consumers seeking to escape gambling harm or criminals preying on vulnerable people.
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UK Regulators Accuse Mark Zuckerberg's Meta of Allowing Illegal Gambling Ads on Platforms
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is facing accusations from the UK's Gambling Commission that the social media giant is deliberately overlooking advertisements from unlicensed gambling operators on Facebook and Instagram. The post UK Regulators Accuse Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta of Allowing Illegal Gambling Ads on Platforms appeared first on Breitbart.
UK agency questions Meta's policies for illegal gambling site ads
The UK Gambling Commission has raised concerns that Meta is ignoring advertisements by illegal gambling websites on its platforms. At a conference in Barcelona, the commission's Executive Director Tim Miller criticized Meta's behavior towards advertisements for online gambling on its Facebook and Instagram social networks."Companies like Meta will tell you that they don’t tolerate the advertising of illegal sites and will remove them if they are…
Britain's Gambling Commission said on Monday that Meta Platforms , the owner of Facebook and Instagram, was turning a blind eye to illegal online casinos advertising on its sites, indicating it was happy to continue taking money from criminals.
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