FTC settles with Devumi, a company that sold fake followers, for $2.5M

FTC settles with Devumi, a company that sold fake followers, for $2.5M


The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has put an end to the deceptive marketing tactics of Devumi, a company that sold fake indicators of social media influence — like Twitter followers, retweets, YouTube subscribers and views, and more — which was also the subject of a 2018 investigation by The New York Times into the world […]


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October 23, 2019 at 12:01AM

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