Frankfurt Regional Court ruled Meta liable for fake investment scam ads.
The court didn't rule against Meta simply because fraudulent ads existed on its platform and got reported that alone usually isn't enough to defeat passive host protections designed to shield platforms from liability for third party content.
Court ruled against Meta specifically because of the mechanism by which those ads reached people: an algorithm that actively selects and an auction system that actively prices and places them.
That's a narrower and more consequential distinction than it first appears, because algorithmic targeting and automated ad auctions aren't an edge case of Meta's business they're the entire business.
🔊 From Frankfurt to Paris, Milan and Tirana, young protesters are taking to the streets over the cost of living, struggling schools and fears for their future. Hear from Europe's Gen Z protesters on the Reuters World News podcast
🇩🇪 Two workers at Frankfurt Airport are dead from malaria they never left Germany to catch.
Officials say mosquitoes likely arrived on a plane. Six airport employees got infected. Two died. The other four recovered.
Health authorities call it “airport malaria” which is rare, but real. The problem is the delay: doctors in Germany don’t expect malaria, so they can miss it.
Source: NY Post / Writer: Lynn
Police are on alert in Frankfurt, Germany after largely peaceful student-led demonstrations turned violent overnight. Tens of thousands protested in 30 German cities and several others in Europe, many over the high cost of living and government cutbacks.
Hooded rioters looted stores in Frankfurt after tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Germany's biggest cities to demand better education and lower living costs