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Mining billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest has launched legal action against Facebook owner Meta in Californian and Perth courts, accusing the tech giant of 'knowingly advertising the content of criminals' and 'blatantly refusing' to take action against scam ads. These scams used his name and image to promote an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scheme. However, recent reports indicate that the charges Forrest brought against Meta for false cryptocurrency ads on Facebook have been discontinued.
CHARGES AGAINST META SPARKED BY ANDREW FORREST OVER FALSE CRYPTOCURRENCY ADS ON FACEBOOK DISCONTINUED-ABC
Billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's bid to hold Facebook's parent company Meta to account in Australia over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam has been dropped in court. #9News DETAILS: https://t.co/K4I3CU9AYF https://t.co/sBtDbjw84Z
His action centred on the advertisements, which used his name and image, to promote cryptocurrency investment schemes, published on Facebook. https://t.co/xBsCRtyKxF #breakingnews
