Celebrities fail in bid to force Google and Twitter to take down fake crypto ads
Celebrities fail in bid to force Google and Twitter to take down fake crypto ads
A court has ruled that Google and Twitter cannot be held liable for fake adverts that use celebrities’ images without their permission to sell cryptocurrency products. TV personalities Jort Kelder and Arjen Lubach, as well as Alexander Klöpping, the founder of online news service Blendle, had asked judges to order the online giants to take down the offending adverts and tweets. But the district court in Amsterdam ruled that Google and Twitter had taken sufficient steps and responsibility for the... More >