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Fake Apple ad raises questions over Instagram’s open door advertising policy

on Jan 27, 2016 | 0 comments

By Jessica Goodfellow

A scamming company’s ability to masquerade as tech company Apple for an ad campaign on Instagram has shone a light on the open door advertising policy of the social network, with ISBA suggesting that trust in the fledgling ad platform will be eroded.

The ad in question first appeared on 12 January, with the copy running under the name Apple Store UK. However, on closer inspection it transpired that it is in fact run by a company called Moonlight Mobile, which describes itself as an “adult entertainment service for a worldwide mobile audience.”

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Source: The Drum