Facebook has been sued by the Buenos Aires Government for fraudulent advertising. Photo: EFE
The Ministry of Production in Buenos Aires charges the social network Facebook, owned by Meta, with deficit “on the role of misleading information and advertising”in violation of Consumer Protection Act 24,240.
The Provincial Directorate for the Defense of the Rights of Consumers and Users found that the company, through its social networks Facebook and Instagram, advertises ads for allegedly private companies which offer “savings plans”. to get motor vehicles, with the appearance of supposed official plans.
As reported in a statement, these notices include denominations such as “NATIONAL PLAN”, “ARGENTINIAN PLANS”, “GOVERNMENT PLAN”, “CAR CARE PRICES” and “PROCREAUTO”.
One of the supposed official savings plans being promoted on Facebook.
Indicated from the Buenos Aires government that “in some cases, it is also used the image of the President of the Country (Alberto Fernández), public buildings marked with knowledge and even national symbols with the aim of causing deception ”.
“The investigation conducted revealed that the deception in these ads is blatant and rude, uses known false image montage and provides that information leading to confusionwith the name of apocryphal plans and programs or that existed at the time and were completed several years ago, ”it said.
It is clarified that, in this way, “the purpose is to prevent consumers, through vague and deceptive advertising, or inaccuracies, being misled or mistaken in obtaining products, goods or in contracting services, which protect themselves with the right to for adequate, complete and realistic information in their consumer relations. “
The company has been notified and “must refrain from continuing to conduct this type of publicity and announcements and has five business days and cannot be extended, to show its defense.”
For their part, Production sources stated that if Facebook Argentina does not make such a release, the provincial Executive Power will be empowered to fine company.
Facebook launched an alert in Paraguay about a fan of the Texas massacre
Salvador Ramos, the man responsible for the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Photo: AFP.
Paraguayan National Police reported on Friday that it was investigating an alert received from Facebook after a publication made by a minor in the country about the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at a school in Texas (USA).
The head of the Department of Economic Crimes of the National Police, Commissioner Diosnel Alarcón, explained to local media that on Thursday they were notified about a comment that appeared on networks related to the author of the massacre in Uvalde.
“This user has tagged this latest attacker in the US.”Alarcón explained on ABC Cardinal radio, and indicated that he also published a comment that classified the social network as dangerous.
Specifically, he made sure that the young man delivered his message “that’s like he’s a fan” of the person responsible for the massacre.
In addition, the minor pointed out that such an event could happen in Paraguay, “even with a larger number of victims.”
The police spokesman admitted that it was “normal” that they received these alerts, in cases of public comments that could be life threatening or people announcing that they would take their own lives.
The victims of the Texas massacre.
But he admitted that they made this fact public as a result of “everything happening around the world.”
A police spokesman said they activated an operation that made it possible to determine that the reported profile was used by a minor.
Even the home of the minor, who, according to Alarcón, is in the “central zone”, without specifying further details, the staff from the Public Ministry, the Ombudsman for Children and Youth and other professionals went to provide “containment”.
“He was a boy who grew up with a relative, the parents already had a different family,” Alarcón said, detailing that he had received treatment for being a victim of bullying.
Alarcón reported that they also visited the home of another minor, a friend of the reported user, who “knew what the former was doing.”
Paraguayan Police posted on Twitter that they received the alert from Facebook and from the Argentine headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, in English).
As a result of the warning, the message added, a “suspicious Instagram profile” intervened, making it possible to locate the account user, “who would be a minor under 17 years old.”
The alert came after local media in recent days reported on alleged threats discovered in schools in the country.
The latest case took place in the town of Ciudad del Este, on the Brazilian border, where a note was found allegedly written by two students from a private school that apparently planned a massacre.
With information from agencies.
SL
Source: Clarin
