A Canadian firm is calling out Meta, alleging that it’s continuing to run illegal debt-relief advertisements on Facebook and Instagram.
Facebook and Instagram ads have driven Canadians to pay nearly $20 million in 2023 to unregulated advisors for services that should be free through a Licensed Insolvency Trustee, according to a release shared by Harris & Partners Inc., a bankruptcy trustee firm founded in Ontario.
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In a statement shared with Daily Hive, the firm said it’s calling on Meta to explain why ads for illegal relief services continue to appear on its platforms, “despite repeated warnings, direct outreach, and mounting federal evidence that such practices are misleading, harmful, and in some cases…