Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. faced fresh lawsuits in Japan on Tuesday over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investments with fake celebrity endorsements, with 30 plaintiffs seeking a total of 435 million yen ($2.8 million) in damages.The U.S. technology giant and its Japanese arm failed to do enough to prevent the scams, according to the plaintiffs' complaint. The damages suits were filed with district courts in Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba and Saitama.Among the names of people used in the adverts are Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, the founder of online …READ FULL ARTICLE
