{"id":212290,"date":"2026-05-11T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/meta-sued-by-california-county-over-alleged-scam-ads-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:05:11","slug":"meta-sued-by-california-county-over-alleged-scam-ads-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/meta-sued-by-california-county-over-alleged-scam-ads-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Sued by California County Over Alleged Scam Ads on Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/social-media\/meta-sued-by-california-county-for-promoting-scams-on-its-platforms\/\">Meta Sued by California County Over Alleged Scam Ads on Social Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/social-media\/meta-sued-by-california-county-for-promoting-scams-on-its-platforms\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/social-media\/meta-sued-by-california-county-for-promoting-scams-on-its-platforms\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-11 18:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnet.com\">www.cnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa Clara County in California filed a lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of knowingly profiting from scam advertisements on Facebook and Instagram.<\/li>\n<li>The lawsuit claims these practices violate California&#8217;s false advertising laws and seeks restitution, civil damages, and a permanent order for Meta to cease such activities.<\/li>\n<li>According to leaked documents cited by Reuters, Meta reportedly earns nearly $7 billion annually from misleading ads.<\/li>\n<li>The complaint highlights that Meta employed AI and targeting tools to associate vulnerable users with fraudulent ads, allegedly prioritizing financial gains over user safety.<\/li>\n<li>Meta denies the claims, asserting it actively combats scams on its platforms, having removed over 159 million scam ads last year.<\/li>\n<li>Santa Clara County, represented by three law firms, aims to hold Meta accountable on behalf of all California residents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta Sued by California County Over Alleged Scam Ads on Social Media https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/social-media\/meta-sued-by-california-county-for-promoting-scams-on-its-platforms\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/a\/img\/resize\/665f90567183a37c872d81b3f552a209db7a48a1\/hub\/2025\/11\/24\/071617a8-cadc-4ef8-b87d-dd6376576ec5\/gettyimages-2243311736.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212292,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212290\/revisions\/212292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}