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Facebook sues Hong Kong company over ad fraud

According to the social network's announcement, ILikeAd Media International Co, its software developer Chen Xiao Cong and marketer Huang Ta tricked users into installing malware they created.

Their accounts were then used to run ads that promote counterfeit products, diet pills and male enhancement supplements.

That means it's been disguising the true destination of the links in its ads by displaying a different landing page for Facebook's system.

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