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Can user sue Google if they follow an crypto advertisement on it, invest in it then find it is a fraud? It is likely self-protection.
by oh-kumudo 9y ago
Can user sue Google if they follow an crypto advertisement on it, invest in it then find it is a fraud? It is likely self-protection.
- mirimir 9y agoAnyone can sue anybody about anything. But getting very far vs Google probably takes some resources. And even with resources, liability over ad publishing seems iffy. But IANAL.
- CobrastanJorji 9y agoSure, but the question is, would they deserve to win because Google was at least partially to blame for the deceitful ad? Because if so, Google's right not to show the ad.
- xiphias 9y agoI think they have a chance if it can be shown that Google knew about the problem, because the SEC has special laws for advertising financial scams.
- mirimir 9y agoI consider all ads to be at least somewhat deceitful. Because they are, almost by definition, biased. They're a form of propaganda. And that's not exaggeration. Look at the history, if you will.
- usrusr 9y agoIf con-men give you money to find their next mark, you are complicit in their crime. Due to ad targeting, this applies to Google et al more than it would apply to dumb advertisement platforms like print. It certainly would still be extremely unlikely that a victim would be successful in suing Google for damages of a trap they stepped into due to Google-supplied ads (just imagine what that would mean for kickstarter...), but chances of getting caught are not the line between right and wrong.
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