News Publishers File Criminal Complaint Against Mark Zuckerberg Over Scam Ads

A group of news publishers have filed a police complaint against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over scam Facebook ads which steal the identities of journalists. Such promotions have been widespread on the Meta platform and include adverts which purport to be authored by trusted names in the media. Swedish publishers group Utgivarna includes the three public broadcasters Sveriges Television, UR and Sveriges Radio, commercial TV group TV4 and Tidningsutgivarna (the national newspaper association) and Sveriges Tidskrifter (the national magazines association).

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