This year's Shonky Awards have been announced, with Facebook parent company Meta amongst the winners for its 'inadequate action' against scams.
CHOICE hands Shonky Award to Meta for taking 'inadequate action' on scams and NIB's premiums for single parentsConsumer advocacy group CHOICE has called out social media giant Meta for not doing enough to protect Australians from scams, as part of its annual Shonky Award s.
In 76 per cent of the reported scams, contact occurred on Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp – all Meta platforms. "It was such a stand-out, in terms of being so bad, the team said this has got to go on the list," he said. "When you look more closely, you'll learn that there is actually no green vegetable included in this product," Ashley de Silva said.
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