Drug dealers are turning to Facebook and other popular social media sites to peddle steroids, which are illegal without a prescription, raising more questions about whether the companies are properly policing their platforms.… Continue Reading...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, September 16, 2019
STATEMENT BY DON HOOTON
Founder and Executive Chairman, Taylor Hooton Foundation
RE: Digital Citizens Alliance Report on Digital Platforms Enabling
the Sale of Illegal Appearance and Performance-Enhancing Drugs
“This is a bone-chilling report and should serve as a call to action for these popular digital platforms that the advertising and sale of these extremely dangerous and illegal substances on their sites must stop.… Continue Reading...
Drug Dealers Advertise and Sell Illegal Drugs as Online Platforms Ignore
WASHINGTON, September 15, 2019 — Americans who rely on illegal and potentially dangerous appearance and performance enhancing drugs to improve their physical appearance or step up their athletic performance are aided by three unlikely partners – drug dealers, Facebook and Google — according to a Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) / Global Intellectual Property Enforcement Center Worldwide (GIPEC) investigation.
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