The Enforcement Directorate has issued notices to tech giants Google and Meta, summoning them on July 21 as part of its widening probe into online betting app cases. The ED alleges that both platforms enabled the promotion of illegal betting apps linked to major financial crimes. Several celebrities and influencers are already under investigation.
00:00Top story that we are following coming in from the Enforcement Directorate.
00:04Google and Meta are under the Enforcement Directorate lens.
00:08ED has sent notice to Google and Meta.
00:10Notice sent with regards to the online betting app case.
00:15Google and Meta are accused of promoting betting apps across the country.
00:19Both are accused of promoting these betting apps.
00:21Accused of giving prominence to advertisements on websites of online betting apps.
00:26Representatives of both Meta as well as Google have been called in for questioning on the 21st of July.
00:35My colleague Arvind Doja is now joining me on the story.
00:56This is the case that Google and Meta has noticed that the team has been called the representative to Google and Meta.
01:05This is the case that Google and Meta is promoting the online betting app and promoting the advertisement.
01:13After that, the team has been called the AD and then Google and Meta has sent it to Google.
01:19foreign
01:25foreign
01:31foreign
01:35foreign
01:39foreign
01:45Yes, Arvind, we have seen some big celebrities in one way or in another way that they promote betting apps, so that is also something that you can see ED in the moment.
02:03Yes, absolutely. And some, maybe South, some of the big celebrities, they also get to ED in the same way.
02:12They also get to ED's radar, especially because they promote online betting.
02:24So, in the coming days, some of the big names, some of the big celebrities, they also get to ED.
02:31It's a very good example of the sources. But because they brought money laundering against the ED,
02:38and they also get to pay money laundering.
02:43It has been made of money laundering, and they have been given that Google and Meta will promote online betting.
02:48My colleague also pointed out we could see EnforcePen Directorate sending out summons
03:12to some of the celebrities in coming days, those celebrities that have been promoting
