Warning to Google after advertiser used search engine to mislead investors
by Ben Butler from on (#5FP57)
Australians deceived into risking nest eggs after clicking on Mayfair 101 sponsored links, court rules
The corporate regulator has warned Google to carefully consider the implications of a court decision that found people were misled into tipping money into high-risk investments after following sponsored links in search results.
In a decision handed down on Tuesday, the federal court judge Stewart Anderson found the search ad campaign formed part of a broader pattern of misleading and deceptive conduct by Mayfair 101, an investment company best known for buying Queensland's Dunk Island.
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