Opinion: Facebook needs to police the dangerous, fraudulent ads on its platform, write DrOz and kaifalkenberg
If you use Facebook, you might have seen ads for “Dr. Oz’s Diabetes Breakthrough,” promising to cure diabetes and regulate blood sugar in two weeks. Friends and viewers wanted to know if it was legit. It wasn’t.
Similar ads have been plastered across the web: Kelly Ripa leaves show to launch antiaging wrinkle cream. Denzel Washington uses these all-natural pills to cure his ED. Bill Gates says these brain-boosting pills will double your IQ. These bogus endorsements are a pervasive problem. They not only dupe consumers out...
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