Mar 02, 2020 12:00:00

Amazon deleted 1 million items saying `` Prevent and cure coronavirus infection '' and suspended thousands of accounts

There is a growing demand for masks and disinfectants to prevent new coronavirus infections. As demand increases, some people will take advantage of it, so Amazon has indicated a policy to

delete products and advertisements claiming `` Prevention and complete cure of new coronavirus infection '' , in fact, 100 He said that he removed more than ten thousand products and suspended thousands of accounts that had been listed.

Amazon bans 1 million products due to coronavirus claims – Silicon Valley
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/02/28/amazon-bans-1-million-products-due-to-coronavirus-claims/

The new coronavirus “SARS-CoV2”, which began to spread at the end of 2019, has spread from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, where it originated, to the world.

A map `` BNO Noticias Coronavirus tracker '' that shows at a glance the epidemic situation of the new coronavirus-gigazine

More than 80% of those infected with the new coronavirus infection 'COVID-19' are mild, with a fatality rate of about 2.3%. However, we know that older people have higher mortality rates.

The lethal rate of the new coronavirus is 2.3% and mild symptoms are more than 80%, but the mortality rate varies greatly with age-gigazine

Taking advantage of this situation, advertisements such as `` preventing infectious diseases completely '' and `` symptoms are completely cured '' are being sold on the Internet and obscene products are being sold, and Facebook and Amazon should take measures Was expressed.

Amazon and Facebook delete products and advertisements claiming `` Prevention and complete cure of new coronavirus infection ''-gigazine

According to the news site SiliconValley.com, Amazon has removed more than 1 million products in the past month, such as masks and disinfectants, that used to complain about COVID-19. In addition, the account of the seller who was setting exorbitant prices has been suspended.

An Amazon spokeswoman commented, 'We are asking sellers to provide accurate product information. We will remove anything that violates our policies.'