Former Prime Minister Of Ireland Accuses Belarus Of Making Fake Ads With His Image
- 26.07.2024, 10:05
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The politician filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court.
Irish politician and former Prime Minister Micheál Martin accused Belarus and Russia of making fake cryptocurrency ads using his image. Irish Times. reported.
"It is assumed that fake advertising on the Internet using the image of Micheál Martin was created in Belarus and Russia," the publication claims.
Martin filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against Google, demanding to provide information about the people who are behind the fake cryptocurrency ads that use his image and that appear on legitimate websites.
“The fake ads apparently originated from the jurisdictions of Belarus and Russia. It looks like stolen credit cards were used to pay for the ads,” Martin told the publication.
He also noted that he encountered great difficulties in identifying the people who actually ordered this advertisement.
“Google cooperated with the Supreme Court, and we received a huge amount of files. We had to hire people to conduct a forensic examination to try to determine who paid for fake advertising," the politician said.
Martin condemned the war launched by Russia in Ukraine, but he is not sure that he was a victim of defamation (dissemination of defamatory information) for this very reason.
The publication notes that in early 2024, Martin again became the object of fake advertising on X, which appeared on the eve of referendums in the country "on family and care". The politician noted that X cooperated with him in finding out the customers of fake advertising much worse than Google.
In this regard, Martin plans to initiate a review of the country's defamation laws.
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