Facebook lured advertisers by inflating ad-watch times up to 900 percent: lawsuit

Facebook lured advertisers by inflating ad-watch times up to 900 percent: lawsuit

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https://phys.org/news/2018-10-facebook-lured-advertisers-inflating-ad-watch.html

That "unethical, unscrupulous" behavior by Facebook constituted fraud because it was "likely to deceive" advertisers, the filing alleged.

The latest allegations arose out of a lawsuit that the advertisers filed against Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook in federal court in 2016 over alleged inflation of ad-watching metrics.

Facebook lured advertisers by inflating ad-watch times up to 900 percent: lawsuit

Oct 18, 2018, 5:50pm UTC
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-facebook-lured-advertisers-inflating-ad-watch.html > That "unethical, unscrupulous" behavior by Facebook constituted fraud because it was "likely to deceive" advertisers, the filing alleged. > The latest allegations arose out of a lawsuit that the advertisers filed against Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook in federal court in 2016 over alleged inflation of ad-watching metrics.