The use of such services has been prohibited under Irish law since 2019.
A GOVERNMENT TD has called on Facebook to stop hosting ads for college ‘essay mills’ after promoted posts for the illegal service recently appeared on the firm’s platforms.
A search of Facebook’s ad library by The Journal earlier this week found eight active advertisements for bespoke essay-writing services for college students, which targeted Irish users on Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger.
The ads, posted on different dates in October and November by three different companies, offer students to have their essays and dissertations written or other course work completed, including research proposals, statistical analyses and presentations.
Two of the companies also advertised bespoke essays alongside legitimate services such as editing and proof-reading.
One company provided a UK-based phone number and urged students to contact the service “to write an academic paper on any topic, any subject and with any deadline”.
Another ad promised that the essays it provided would not be flagged for plagiarism, while yet another advertised a database of “over 1 million high-quality sample college papers”.
Under the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Amendment Act, introduced in 2019, it is illegal to provide or advertise such services to college students, or to publish ads promoting them in Ireland.
The ads are also contrary to Facebook’s advertising policies which ban ...
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