Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Dualta ? Broin:
It is important to distinguish Meta from Amazon. The purchase would happen off our platform. The ad would be on our platform but it would guide you off the platform to another website to conduct the purchase. The ads are subject to stringent policies. They are not only subject to those policies but they go through an ad review system before they can be placed on our platforms. That review covers a range of different elements of the ad, including the text and images, for certain violations. If any violation is detected we will reject the ad. That review can happen before the ad is placed but it can also happen afterwards if we receive a signal that there is something of concern with that particular advertisement. We also have strong policies in place about anyone who tries to purposely get around our policies, for example, by seeking to obscure images to get through the ad review system or by seeking to camouflage text in a way that our systems will not pick up on it. We have very strong enforcement on that and we have taken action against individuals on it.
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