A recent court decision says that Google has to give information about people who bought cryptocurrency scam ads that used the image of Tánaiste Mícheál Martin, who is Ireland’s second most powerful politician.
The leader of the Fianna Fáil party says that the fake ads that said people could become millionaires in just a few months hurt his image. The court’s ruling means that Google has to reveal names, IP addresses, financial accounts, and other information about the people who paid for these crypto scam ads. Google didn’t say anything against court orders, but it made it clear that it wasn’t agreeing with the decision.
In earlier court actions, the Fianna Fáil party said that the crypto scam ads showed “egregious policy violations,” which caused Google to remove the content and suspend accounts that were linked to it. Tánaiste Mícheál Martin said that it is in the public’s best interest to find the scammers behind these ads and hold them legally responsible.
He talked about how his image could be hurt and how people’s trust in the political system would drop. Martin said it was the job of big tech companies like Google to stop bad people and scams from using their platforms as weapons.
Google has to give information about the bank accounts that pay for the ads, the IP addresses that are connected to those accounts, and the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of the people who own those accounts.
This information has to be given within 21 days, and Google will probably let account users who were linked to the crypto scam ads know before they give out their information.
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