Facebook: ending with cryptic advertising for Kryptowährung

Grandiose return, low risk, perfect retirement provision: With such promises, advertisers exploit the bitcoin hype. Facebook forbids this now.

Facebook: ending with cryptic advertising for Kryptowährung

Not everyone is as honest as provider DerKryptowährung PonziCoin. "Is this a scam?", is available in FAQ on website. " Yes, just like 99 percent of such offers out re, "is answer. You better not invest in this joke. Wirklichnicht.

Of course, y still did people who promised mselves vomHype to crypto fast money. In case of VonPonziCoin, y did not really lose much, in or cases already. Last week, for example, time reported about Diedubiosen promises of investment platform BitSequence. Or provider DesBlockchain-Project Prodeum, who did this week with money of investors reallocations dust-and left only one word on website: penis. It was not much better for some investors to Kryptowährung Iota.

News like this was piling up, now Facebook responded. The company's ad policies now say that MANDÜRFE do not promote financial products and financial services, "diehäufig are associated with deceptive or fraudulent advertising practices." As an example, ads with calls like "InvestierenSie your pension fund to buy Bitcoin!" are installed.

False promises lure investors

Although users are DHL to point out new offers in principle, Facebook manager Rob Learn writes in press release. However, many providers would not act in good conscience – especially when it comes to crypto and initial coin offerings (ICO), in which investors invest in advance in a new currency and later make a profit in ir price increases. That is why we decided on a fairly broad directive, which also applies to Instagramund partner sites of Facebook's advertising network.

In fact, users of social network – socialisation Google users – have increasingly seen advertising for DigitaleGeldbörsen, investment platforms and exploration of bitcoin and AnderenWährungen over past few months. In addition, users are frequently contacted unsolicited by e-mail. The consumer central Hessen warns: Often se offers are "completely opaque" and acceptance and stability of digital currencies is "hardly a reliable statement possible".

In USA, Dasselbst appointed "crypto genius" James Altucher has gained some notoriety, not least thanks to chewy banner advertising. But many dieserAngebote were only designed to lure owners of crypto with unrealistic and partly falschenVersprechen. Finally, after US stock market supervision also warned of previous investments and this week against individual ICO, HatFacebook has now banned all advertisements for such offers from website. Dada's network is one of world's largest marketers for online signify, this step could show effect.

Even legitimate offers affected

Possibly also for companies that offer legitimate Angebotemit crypto and Blockchain technology. The online portal Recode suspects that just start-Upsvon Facebook's decision could be impacted sustainably. Because even Wenngerade Scammer and scammers are in news, re are many companies that have good and realistic plans. In hype about price increases of bitcoin and or DigitalenWährungen, it is quickly forgotten that underlying Blockchain, a decentralized database in which all transfers are transparent, anonymund forged stored, a Promising technology.

The people responsible of Facebook, of course, know this: founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote yet Anfangdes year, he is interested in crypto and considering how Sichderen decentralized approach may also allow services such as Facebookübertragen. On Board of Directors of company, Peter Thielund Marc, two venture capitalists, who are heavily in Blockchain and Kryptowährungeninvestieren.

While Facebook banishes all that has to do with Crypto, zumindestaus of advertising, competition pursues a different approach. Derjapanische Messenger line, which has at least 200 million active users, announced to integrate crypto into service. Damitwolle you get rid of services like WhatsApp ( Facebook one). Ähnlichambitionierte plans europeancouncil Chat Service Telegram.

Facebook also keeps all options open. The ad policy is to be relaxed again if it succeeds in recognizing misleading advertising better.

Date Of Update: 01 February 2018, 12:04
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