Meta pushes US appeals court to overturn order in case over scammers
( September 18, 2026, 23:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms filed a reply brief urging a US appeals to overturn an order that maintained a case accusing it of helping scammers defraud users with deceptive advertising. Meta argued that plaintiffs can’t rely on its terms of service as a promise that Meta will “accomplish the impossible task of preventing a user from ever being exposed to misleading content ‘in the first place.’”See attached file. ...
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