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Dutch iGaming Association to Take Meta to Court Over Illegal Ads
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Dutch iGaming Association to Take Meta to Court Over Illegal Ads

Dutch iGaming Association, VNLOK, is preparing to sue Meta, Facebook's parent company, for allowing illegal gambling ads on its platforms in the Netherlands.

Dutch iGaming Association, VNLOK, is preparing to sue Meta, Facebook's parent company, for allowing illegal gambling ads on its platforms in the Netherlands.

The Dutch online gambling association, VNLOK, has announced its intention to take legal action against Meta, the parent company of Facebook. This decision comes as a response to Meta's failure to effectively block illegal gambling advertisements from being displayed to Dutch users on its various platforms.

VNLOK has expressed its dissatisfaction with Meta's inability to curb the presence of unauthorized gambling ads on social media in the Netherlands. The association is now gearing up to escalate the matter by pursuing legal recourse against Meta for its alleged negligence in preventing such activities.

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