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Kate Schneider Oct 29, 2024

Did you see those fake ads saying Jagmeet Singh died on live TV? Or maybe you've seen the ads with a deep-faked Trudeau selling an AI investment platform?

My latest investigation dives into who's actually behind these ads and who experts say should be held responsible for them:

https://mstdn.social/@IJFmedia/113391100539549513

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Attached: 1 image Earlier this month, an ad claiming the death of Jagmeet Singh appeared on multiple news outlets. The IJF has found similar ads are pushing get-rich-quick schemes worldwide. Why is no one accepting responsibility for the publication of these fake ads? Read our latest: theijf.org/fake-ads-jagmeet-singh

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Rather than just targeting Canadians, I found near-identical ads aimed at audiences in the UK, Australia and Hong Kong. The earliest example was from 2022.

And some of the investment platforms tied to these ads have been flagged by authorities in places like Spain and France.

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Kate Schneider Oct 29, 2024

Many experts I spoke to said ad distributors like Google and Meta should be doing more to vet ads.

I reached out to the two companies for comment. Google would not confirm whether ads are vetted prior to going live or only after a viewer reports them. Meta did not respond.