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BROADCASTER MIRIAM O’CALLAGHAN has reached a settlement with Meta over false and misleading advertisements that appeared on Facebook.
The High Court heard today that the RTÉ presenter and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited have resolved proceedings which were issued as a result of false and misleading ads published on Meta’s social media platforms by malicious third parties.
In a statement read in court, Facebook’s parent company acknowledged that the advertisements have been extremely damaging to Ms O’Callaghan.
“Meta Platforms Ireland accepts and regrets that the publication of these ads has caused Ms O’Callaghan distress and embarrassment, and regrets any wider concerns and distress caused by the ads,” Meta’s counsel Joe Jeffers Bl said.
“Meta Platforms Ireland apologises unreservedly to Ms O’Callaghan.”
The statement added that O’Callaghan is satisfied that the publication of the fake advertisements using her name and image appears to have ceased.
As part of the agreement, Meta agreed to create an additional scam ad reporting tool, which will allow Irish users to submit more detailed reports on misleading advertisements for review.
Speaking to reporters outside the Four Courts in Dublin, O’Callaghan said she was happy and relieved that the stressful matter had been resolved after five years.
“I’m very happy with the settlement, I’m very relieved. First and foremost, the ads are gone, they’re taken down. That was the most important thing, that I got them down, to protect my name, to protect my reputation.
“It’s a great day” – Miriam O’Callaghan happy and relieved after reaching a settlement with Facebook over scam ads by third parties on the platform. The social media company apologised unreservedly to Ms O’Callaghan. @thejournal_ie pic.twitter.com/aVuanPKh1e
— Céimin Burke (@CeiminB) February 25, 2022
“But most importantly, as well, was to make sure that there was some kind of a new tool, so other Irish people didn’t go through what I had to go through.
“I’m absolutely delighted with this new reporting tool. I think it will make it much easier to report scam and misleading ads,” O’Callaghan said.
She advised anyone who is impacted by misleading ads to use the new tool.
O’Callaghan’s solicitor Paul Tweed said the settlement has “achieved our client’s objectives in terminating the fake ads, taking steps to afford Irish users more protection and to totally vindicate her own reputation.”
The ads featured misleading and defamatory claims that inaccurately suggested O’Callaghan had left her job with RTÉ’s Prime Time programme to promote skin care products.
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Do all the toe rags end up in spain.
fun in the sun (with a gun) sorry hun for the pun
U ok Hun?
Malaya as in Malaysia ? Off the topic
They can keep her.
Mad how they’re all in Marbella and Porto Banus. Torremolinos amd Benalmadema are now becoming the nicer safer resorts.
All of the Irish trash over in Spain, that’s open borders for you, the Spanish should have stricter border controls and stop Irish Christians going over there and becoming involved in criminality and drug-dealing, if the Irish can’t respect the local laws and customs they should be shipped back to where they came from. Check out this video of Irish Christians bringing their debauched lifestyle to the Costa del Sol in Spain, is this what we want to happen in our country with open borders? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9p7Ur15IdA
That sounds fair enough, dude.
Excellent stuff Dick. Top marks.
Breaking my resolve not to comment but love this from Richard!
Spoh on Richard if Joe Stalin was still around the drug pushing parasites wouldn’t have an easy life he said one time if a man is causing problems in a community the answer is to put that man to sleep, no man no problem, so simple, yet I’m hearing on radio every day where decent people are selling their homes to pay off debt to these parasites and where the gardai tell them there’s nothing they can do to help. Unbelievible, if Michael Collins or any of those men who stood with him were around today they wouldn’t hesitate to put those parasites to sleep and they certainly wouldn’t be cowed by PC
You’re judging your justice on a dead man. The day has changed. The forces who wish to act are constrained by the people who harp on about the past. They elevate the past while living in it and denegrate the present. You can’t have your cake and shit on it at the same time.
Good……work together and get them all. Women incl
There is clearly a cultural problem with the Irish, they are constantly involved violent crimes. Europe should close the borders to the Irish until they learn to adhere to European culture.
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