Fraudulent ads are an ongoing problem for social media platforms, but crackdowns can be difficult. However, Facebook announced it’s escalated one of those battles to a lawsuit.
On Thursday, the social network announced legal action against China-based ILikeAd Media International Company, as well as a marketer and developer working for the firm, over malware created to compromise user accounts and using them to run ads on the platform.
These ads—which would sometimes use fake celebrity endorsements to prompt clicks—prompted Facebook users to buy products from websites that blatantly violate the platform’s ad
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