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Meta Platforms' Australian lawsuit over scam crypto ads throws up jurisdiction questions

By Laurel Henning ( September 16, 2022, 03:55 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms’ fight against an Australian consumer lawsuit over scam celebrity crypto ads on Facebook, looks set to face a jurisdictional debate over which arms of the company were responsible for the placement of the ads. In a Federal Court of Australia hearing today, lawyer Naomi Sharp, appearing on behalf of the country’s consumer regulator, said her client is trying to understand how Meta Platforms Ireland and Meta Platforms Inc. “divvied up responsibilities.”Meta Platforms’ fight against an Australian consumer lawsuit over scam celebrity crypto ads on Facebook, looks set to face a jurisdictional debate over which arms of the company were responsible for the ads’ placement....

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