It's been months since the American social media giant Meta was challenged by users denouncing accounts, especially on Instagram, dangerous.
This Thursday, he wanted to announce that he had reacted.
“The rules of our platforms are clear and prohibit fraudulent and misleading content intended to mislead our users.
We have deleted the Instagram account in question, as well as a series of others, for violating these rules, ”wrote, on Twitter, the account of Meta France.
He then responds to the tweet from the Collectif d'Aide aux Victimes d'Influenceurs who had questioned him.
“What measures are you going to take against French-speaking influencers who illegally offer their subscribers financial advice and promote very high-risk stock market investments on your platforms?
“, had asked the Avi collective, accompanied by the #marcblata.
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Thus, if Meta assures the Parisian that its "teams have withdrawn a series of accounts", it remains difficult to know how many were affected.
At least three Instagram pages of influencers Marc and Nadé Blata as well as "Laurent billionaire" have reportedly been deleted.
“We want our community to have positive and safe experiences on our apps, and have clear rules against people who try to use our services to abuse others.
We take strong measures and dedicate significant resources to identify and remove such content and those who post it.
Our teams have removed a series of accounts violating these policies and remain committed to continuing their work to remove content and accounts that violate our rules,” a Meta spokesperson told us.
Damage estimated at 6.3 million euros
On Monday, a class action lawsuit was launched by dozens of people who believe they were scammed by investing in financial products touted by famous influencers, including the couple Marc and Nadé Blata, based in Dubai, announced Monday the lawyer of the complainants.
Two collective complaints bringing together 88 joint complaints, in particular for "fraud" and "breach of trust" were filed Friday with the Paris prosecutor, lawyer Alexandre Dacos had indicated during a press conference.
According to Me Dacos, the total damage is estimated at 6.3 million euros, with “thousands of investors having lost from a few hundred to 100,000 euros” in these two projects.
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Marc Blata, with more than 4 million subscribers on Instagram, and active in the promotion of these products, has acquired notoriety on social networks with his "croustis", presented as revelations on the world of reality TV, the stars of rap or football.
Another complaint targets influencer Dylan Thiry, who is accused of having embezzled money collected in the form of cyber kitties with his humanitarian association.
The government plans to create a legal status for influencers and prohibit them from promoting certain products (medicines, financial investments, etc.).
The text will be examined by the Assembly by the end of March.
