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In click fraud, it's the platform company defrauding the ads purchasers, by claiming the clicks are legit. All this guy did was break TOS, and find a broken bu
by randyrand 7mo ago
In click fraud, it's the platform company defrauding the ads purchasers, by claiming the clicks are legit.
All this guy did was break TOS, and find a broken business model. No fraud. Should have found a lawyer.
- petesergeant 7mo ago> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice It’s wire fraud
- pocksuppet 7mo agoWhat were the false or fradulent pretenses, representations, or promises?
- barrkel 7mo agoA false representation of user interest
- pocksuppet 7mo agoby accessing something on the internet with curl do I falsely represent using a browser?
- randyrand 7mo agoNot it’s not. Creating fake accounts and instructing them to listen to music does not generate any money. The actual money generation, the actual fraud, was carried out on his behalf when the platform claimed the listens were real and charged the advertisers for it. Under the letter of the law, this is just a TOS violation.
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- potsandpans 7mo agoAre you a lawyer?