Meta’s Shocking Double Standard: Why Legitimate Legal Ads Disappear While Scam Ads Thrive on Facebook and Instagram!
Yes, Meta targets children and youth.
The bizarre twist is that, both domestically and abroad, Meta has claimed, time and again, that it is far too onerous or near impossible to remove specific advertisements – but, apparently, not when it inures to Meta’s own benefit.
In my opinion, Facebook and Instagram have not been the forum of choice for legal advertising by attorneys. That is, until now. In light of the watershed verdict in the matter of K.G.M. (Kaley) in Los Angeles County, it makes sense for attorneys to avail themselves of these platforms. Kaley’s lawyers secured an unprecedented 6-million-dollar verdict for a single teen plaintiff. Her lawyers effectively usurped the broad immunity afforded under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Three million in actual damage and three million in punitive damages were awarded. Google, the parent of YouTube, must share in paying the verdicts as an additional-named defendant in the action but Meta must pay the brunt of it. Both Google and Meta have vowed to appeal.
