Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has joined in a legal battle against YouTube, in which the video hosting site is accused of fake videos that use celebrity names to send cryptocurrencies to scammers.
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Lawyers for Wozniak and 17 other people who have sustained from such actions of scammers have sued the video hosting firm and Google for failing to take timely measures to prevent such content.
According to an announcement by law organization Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, Google and YouTube have failed to protect users from fraudulent BTC channels that use images and videos of Wozniak and other celebrities. Fraudsters use the channels they hijack to announce "coin giveaways" and "doubling" them.
“If YouTube acted instantly to prevent this, we wouldn't be doing it now,” Wozniak said.
“YouTube, like Google, seems to rely solely on algorithms in these cases, requiring only specialized software. If a crime is committed, then you must stop it. "
According to one of the partners of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, YouTube "deliberately allowed bitcoin scammers to stay for months, promoting them and profiting from targeted advertising."
The group of plaintiffs represents such countries as the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Japan, Malaysia, China. All these people became victims of bitcoin scams.
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A similar claim by Ripple was filed in federal court, and Wozniak's lawyers were heard in the California Supreme Court.
The platform previously stated that it is not responsible for the content of the content on its video channels.