FTC nyatakake yen amarga salah informasi…[+] nyebar menyang Facebook lan Twitter, perusahaan kasebut nyedhiyakake perawatan sing curiga kanggo COVID-19 utawa coronavirus.
Antarane salah informasi ing sekitar koronavirus, pratelan pangarep-arep kanggo ngobati virus lan perawatan umum banget.Dina Senin, Komisi Perdagangan Federal lan Administrasi Pangan lan Narkoba AS tumindak kanggo ngelingake pitung perusahaan babagan iklan produk sing dijangkepi bisa mbantu nglawan koronavirus.
Perusahaan sing kena pengaruh kalebu: Vital Silver (koloid vitalitas), Quinessence aromatherapy, N-ergetics, GuruNanda, Vivify Holistic Clinic, Herbal Amy lan Jim Bakker Show.Saben uwong nampa surat sing menehi peringatan yen nggawe klaim sing ora ana bukti bisa nglanggar Undhang-undhang Komisi Perdagangan Federal.
Miturut pandhuan FDA: "Saiki ora ana vaksin, obat utawa produk riset sing disetujoni sing bisa digunakake kanggo nambani utawa nyegah virus."Agensi kasebut ujar manawa konsumen ora kudu tuku utawa nggunakake "ora disetujoni, diresiki utawa diwenehake dening FDA sing ana gandhengane karo produk sing ana gandhengane karo COVID-19".Mula, yen ora kabukten kanthi ilmiah bener, perusahaan apa wae sing ngaku bisa nglawan COVID-19, aja mung nglirwakake, nanging ora nglirwakake.
Salah sawijining tujuan penindasan FTC lan FDA yaiku mitos yen ngombe perak bisa mbantu mateni koronavirus.Iki minangka pernyataan palsu sing digawe dening Jim Bakker Show.Tuan rumah, promotor TV sing ora marem Jim Bakker (Jim Bakker) promosi seri produk-cairan sol perak, gel sol perak ing video kanthi judhul "Sinau rinci babagan apa sing durung dikandhakake koronavirus."Permen karet lan lozenges perak.Pamilik kasebut nate ujar manawa ngombe solusi perak bisa mateni koronavirus sajrone 12 jam, nanging penyiar TV Bakker sing misuwur ing saindenging jagad diarani Right Wing Watch ing wulan Februari.
Pendukung panacea liyane yaiku Life Silver, sing ndhukung pandhita ing kaca Facebook lan ujar: "Nyatane, komunitas ilmiah lan medis umume percaya yen perak ionik mateni koronavirus.Saiki dingerteni manawa wong Tionghoa nggunakake perak ion kanggo nglawan panyebaran koronavirus.Sanajan ana klaim sing curiga, kiriman Facebook isih ana."Aku ora ngerti manawa perusahaanku nglanggar standar FDA, utawa ana pratelan sing dianggep minangka penipuan.Sesuai karo panjaluk FDA, aku mbusak kabeh pernyataan babagan COVID-19 saka situs web lan media sosial.Pemilik Vigor Jennifer Hickman ngandika.
N-Ergetics uga wani nyatakake kekuwatan perak: "Salaka koloid isih dadi siji-sijine suplemen antivirus sing mateni kabeh pitung koronavirus manungsa iki."Juru bicara N-Ergetics ngandhani Forbes yen dheweke ngumpulake Sawise peringatan kasebut, situs web wis dianyari lan nuduhake: "Kita durung ngaku produk apa wae sing duwe kemampuan kanggo nyegah, ngobati utawa ngobati penyakit manungsa ... Produk apa wae sing ditawakake. Penjualan ora dimaksudake kanggo nyuda, nyegah, nambani, diagnosa utawa ngobati COVID-19 Wong.
Jamu, lenga lan teh uga wis ditakoni dening lembaga pemerintah.Obat herbal Amy dielingake babagan produk "Protokol Coronavirus" sing ora disetujoni, kalebu: Teh Tulang Coronavirus, Perlindhungan Sel Coronavirus, Agen Timah Inti Coronavirus, Sistem Kekebalan Coronavirus lan Elderberry Berry.Ing situs web kasebut, ujar: "Akeh jamu duwe efek antivirus sing kuwat nglawan coronavirus."
Amy Weidner, pemilik Herbal Beauty, ujar manawa dheweke ngilangi tawaran saka pariwara kasebut amarga peringatan kasebut.Dheweke kandha karo Forbes: "Amarga iki minangka produk herbal alami, FDA ora pengin aku ngutip sapa wae ing deskripsi produk sing nuduhake manawa bisa nambani, nyuda utawa ngobati penyakit apa wae."Nalika ditakoni Nalika bisa ujar manawa produke ana bantuan kanggo koronavirus, dheweke ujar: "Aku ora bisa nggawe pratelan kasebut, nanging jamu wis digunakake sajrone 3000 taun kanggo mbantu awak manungsa ngatasi penyakit kasebut."
Ing wektu sing padha, wong-wong weruh manawa GuruNanda promosi solusi menyan, Quinesence kanggo minyak atsiri lan Vivify, teh godhong longgar, kabeh janji kasebut bakal mbantu ngalahake COVID-19 tanpa dhukungan ilmiah.(GuruNanda nyatakake yen sawise nampa peringatan FTC, "informasi apa wae sing ana gandhengane karo perawatan utawa pencegahan COVID-19 lan koronavirus langsung dibusak.")
Saben uwong promosi produk ing media sosial, utamane Facebook lan Twitter.Situs kasebut nyoba ngendhegake informasi sing salah, nanging jelas manawa nyoba verifikasi fakta lan pangalihan pangguna menyang sumber informasi medis sing dipercaya wis angel.
Ketua FTC Joe Simons ngelingake manawa perusahaan bakal njupuk kauntungan saka panik koronavirus.Simmons ujar: "Wong-wong wis kuwatir banget babagan panyebaran potensial koronavirus,"."Ing kasus iki, kita ora butuh perusahaan kanggo memangsa konsumen kanthi promosi produk kanthi syarat pencegahan lan perawatan sing curang."
Ing sawetara minggu kepungkur, akeh penipuan sing ngarep-arep entuk bathi saka koronavirus wis nyebar.Contone, spam wis nyoba ngapusi wong menyang situs web nggunakake teknik pencegahan palsu lan informasi koronavirus palsu ing cedhak.Ing wektu sing padha, Amazon wis ngluncurake 1 yuta produk kanthi klaim koronavirus palsu.
Pungkasan minggu kepungkur, perusahaan cybersecurity Malwarebytes ngetokake peringatan menyang situs web sing ngakoni nuduhake kasus koronavirus paling anyar ing peta global, nanging situs kasebut kanthi meneng nginstal malware kanggo nyoba nyolong sandhi lan informasi kertu kredit saka pengunjung.
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