The Federal Court has granted interim orders against three companies over allegations of setting up false dating profiles and SMS spamming. The Australian Communications and Media Authority alleges that the three companies involved — Mobilegate, Winning Bid and Jobspy — had set up false dating profiles to deceptively obtain user details and had sent SMS messages persuading people to reply to the messages, which were charging them up to $5 per message. They had also used images of people without consent
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