TikTok and Meta ran hundreds of ads for illegal tobacco, vapes

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An investigation found that TikTok and Meta carried hundreds of advertisements for illegal tobacco and vaping products in Australia, with many ads later removed. The article links the black-market trade to firebombings and other crime.

The ads, many of which have since been pulled, helped to fuel a mammoth black market that has spawned firebombings and crime around the country.