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I'm having trouble finding information about what laws cover "click fraud" or "ad fraud". The article mentioned that this was illegal behavior, but never provid

• magikbum 10y ago
  It could simply imply it's "illegal" due to the contract those publisher sign with the SSPs and Exchanges that clear their inventory. i.e. "; iv) create "forced visit" traffic; v) create invisible or nested IFrames loading pages or ads; vi) intentionally falsify clicks: vii) modify or obscure display of ads; viii) fraudulently generate requests or clicks; or ix) use any means of artificially generating ad impressions or clicks, including third-party services such as paid-to-click, paid-to-surf, auto-surf, and click-exchange programs."