Facebook sues two app developers for ad fraud

guest · Aug 6, 2019

Facebook sues two app developers for ad fraud
The developers released Android apps to infect people's phones with malware, Facebook alleges
August 6, 2019
https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-sues-two-app-developers-for-ad-fraud/

Facebook said Tuesday it was suing two app developers in Asia for making money from advertising fraud, highlighting how the social network is stepping up efforts to combat abuse on the platform.

The app developers LionMobi in Hong Kong and JediMobi in Singapore released apps on the Google Play Store that infected a user's phone with malware to make it appear as if they clicked on Facebook ads when they didn't, Facebook alleges. That generated fake user clicks on Facebook ads in what the social network calls "click injection fraud."

"Facebook detected this fraud as part of our continuous efforts to investigate and stop abuse by app developers and any abuse of our advertising products," Jessica Romero, Facebook's director of platform enforcement and litigation said in a blog post.
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