Martin Lewis to sue Facebook for defamation in groundbreaking campaigning lawsuit 22 April 2018 at 9:48PM in Martin's blogs & appearances & MoneySavingExpert in the news 39 replies 13.9K views

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PositiveBalance

FB allowing fraudsters to get away with using Martin's image to take money from those who aren't technologically savvy enough to realise it's a scam is terrible and I can understand why he has felt the need to take the step he has to protect them, himself and, by extension, MSE.

Martin has considerable clout, so FB aren't just going to be able to roll their eyes and try to explain this all away. All the very best to him! :T

roddydogs

Dont understand why Dragons den hasnt also with that fake bitcoin ad that FB keeps running.

aidrenegade

All this face recognition stuff and they still can't weed out fake ads. Saw same style ad on yahoo today.

POPPYOSCAR

Very pleased to her this.

It is about time these companies were held to account.

Well done Martin Lewis!

Cardew

Surely everyone will support Martin in his action.

Is it not possible to also sue some of the scammers?

Fake Adverts like 'Fake News' are the scourge of our time.

Wizard_of_Id

Is he going to bring the hammer down on Yahoo as well?

I'm forever seeing his face on all sorts of banner ads when I open my email page.

oldagetraveller

Wizard_of_Id wrote: »

Is he going to bring the hammer down on Yahoo as well?

I'm forever seeing his face on all sorts of banner ads when I open my email page.

Exactly, they've been appearing on Yahoo for ages as "sponsored" links.

Leon_W

It's all well and good Facebook saying that if you see an advert then let us know and we'll remove it, but who realistically has the resources to scour Facebook continually looking for fake adds ?? That's a full time job for a team of people. And even then, they'll just pop up again somewhere else.

Surely the onus should be on Facebook to screen the adds before publishing them (for that is what they are doing) and not put the onus on the injured party to report.

nic_c

This news story is running in the press, on the Guardian ad supported mobile app it had it with an advert in - and guess what that advert was for ... "save £1000's based on this Martin Lewis article" seems to be a similarly fake ad.
Took a screenshot

PositiveBalance

nic_c wrote: »

This news story is running in the press, on the Guardian ad supported mobile app it had it with an advert in - and guess what that advert was for ... "save £1000's based on this Martin Lewis article" seems to be a similarly fake ad.
Took a screenshot

Martin has pointed this out to The Guardian and Sky by tweet this morning...

Bit awkward for them.