Article on Reporting "Deceptive" Social Ads in Canada

[canucksfan19]

Just saw this on the front page of my local paper.

CBC News - Consumer Life - Deceptive ads on social media sites targeted



Us Candians are catching on i guess...

CBC News - Consumer Life - Desperate job hunters fall victim to scams

 

[moltar]

I'd imagine most of the risky offers are US/offshore based anyways, and Canadian gov won't find much...

 

[dogfighter]

You'd be surprised. Scams are one thing but right behind them is simple deceptive advertising and with elections coming up, the US govt. is aiming a big cannon at that right now.

 

[mGrunin]

Geez don't do that! Where else is Mark Zuckerburg going to get his money from to donate to schools??
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/09/24/con-social-media-sweep.html#socialcomments#ixzz10Ui2gOT0​

LOL.

 

[keeper33]

You'd be surprised. Scams are one thing but right behind them is simple deceptive advertising and with elections coming up, the US govt. is aiming a big cannon at that right now.

Haven't heard much about the gov't stepping up action, but they prefer to go after bigger fish, i.e. big pharma

 

[hannahmcintyre]

You'd be surprised. Scams are one thing but right behind them is simple deceptive advertising and with elections coming up, the US govt. is aiming a big cannon at that right now.

Now if only Canada was a part of the US, maybe that would be relevant.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Worst case scenario stop targeting Canada, no probs.