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Creator who called salon a 'scam' on Instagram must pay $15k

District Judge Sim Mei Ling found the creator had genuine misgivings but could not prove the salon was unethical; she owes no lost-sales damages.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA Singapore content creator has been ordered to pay a beauty salon fifteen thousand dollars in damages after calling it a scam on Instagram, and the judge says she never proved it.

  2. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterShe was a customer for five years! From twenty twenty to early twenty twenty-five!

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