legal action
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legal actions
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Meta declined to comment, but pointed to action it has already taken to tackle nudification apps, external, including using new tech to detect ads and taking legal action.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Justice Department said in July 2025 that it took legal action against the operators of a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platform.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
According to the spokesman, legal action by Buckinghamshire Council had resulted in security fencing being removed.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Can some delicious MACtion legal action be far behind?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
My first letter, Dear Mrs. O’Brien, Inasmuch as you have not seen fit to pay me what you owe me I may be forced to resort to legal action.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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