Australian mining magnate takes on Facebook in court over scam ads
Fortescue Metals chairman Andrew Forrest is bringing criminal charges against Facebook, alleging the social media giant funnelled users to cryptocurrency scams that used his name to defraud unsuspecting victims.
In a highly unusual lawsuit, one which required the approval of the Attorney-General’s Department, Dr Forrest accuses Facebook of breaching Australia’s money-laundering laws. The West Australian Magistrates Court will first hear the matter in late March.
Dr Forrest is one of several high-profile Australians including Chris Hemsworth, Waleed Aly and David Koch whose images and names have been used to endorse a boom in cryptocurrency scams on Facebook since 2019.
In a separate lawsuit lodged in California, the businessman accuses Facebook of aiding and abetting fraud, alleging the company “knowingly profits from this cycle of illegal ads”. Facebook failed to create controls or a corporate culture to prevent its systems being used to commit crime, he claims.
“These scenarios played out in the underlying scam which used Dr Forrest’s name, likeness, and reputation to find victims, who often reported being swindled after believing Dr Forrest was actually endorsing the investment scheme,” documents filed with the California courts read. One Australian victim, according to the filings, lost $US670,000 ($952,000) after falling for a fake endorsement from the mining magnate.
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A 'victory' in the 'war' against cancel culture
Sky News host Rowan Dean says there has been a “great victory” in the “war” against cancel culture.
“Outsiders fans will remember Harry Miller, who appeared live in this studio ... just after he himself became the victim of cancel culture,” Mr Dean said.
Mr Dean said the British Police had turned up at Mr Miller’s workplace to "check his thinking" after he retweeted a limerick about a transgender woman, and Mr Miller was then accused of a "non-crime hate incident".
“Under the British legislation, no evidence of hate is required for someone to be officially found guilty and labelled as having committed a hate incident," he said.
"Harry took his case all the way to the British High Court and just a few days after our last show last year we received the fantastic news that Harry won his case and the judge had agreed that nobody has a 'right to be offended'.
“That's one blow against cancel culture, but the tragic reality is, cancel culture is like a cancer eating away at our rights and democratic freedoms.
“Unfortunately too many people suffer these sorts of injustices but don't have the means or the courage to speak up and fight back like Harry did.”
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