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Meta Files Lawsuits Against Brazil, China, Vietnam Advertisers Over Celeb-Bait Scams

UnknownFeb 27, 2026(about 1 month ago)

Meta files lawsuits against advertisers in Brazil, China, and Vietnam for running celebrity-bait scams on its platforms.

Meta on Thursday said it's taking legal action to tackle scams on its platforms by filing lawsuits against what it calls deceptive advertisers based in Brazil, China, and Vietnam. As part of the effort, the advertisers' methods of payment have been suspended, related accounts have been disabled, and the website domain names used to pull off the scams have been blocked. Concurrently, the social

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