Amazon to eBay Bans Exploitation of Masks Related to COVID-19

JAKARTA – Facebook and a number marketplace prohibits its users from marketing medical products with corona virus frills on their social media. This is done to prevent certain individuals reaping the benefits of the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

Reporting from CNBC International, Facebook Director for Product Management, Rob Leathern, said that the enforcement of this ban is expected to prevent traders from taking advantage of people’s fear of the epidemic.

“We are monitoring COVID-19 closely and will make the necessary updates to our policies. If we see people trying to exploit this public health emergency,” Rob wrote on his Twitter account.

Update: We’re banning ads and commerce listings selling medical face masks. We’re monitoring COVID19 closely and will make necessary updates to our policies if we see people trying to exploit this public health emergency. We’ll start rolling out this change in the days ahead.
– Rob Leathern (@robleathern) March 7, 2020

Not only that, this social media made by Mark Zuckerberg will also remove hoax information related to the corona virus. This ban is also enforced on Instagram, limiting usage keyword which exploits the availability of medical equipment.

“Supplies are running low, prices are rising, and we are against people exploiting this public health emergency,” tweeted Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri.

Similar steps have also been taken by Amazon and eBay, by slightly changing the rules of sale and purchase related to COVID-19 related merchandise. Amazon will significantly remove sales panels for masks, hand sanitizers and drugs that are claimed to cure the corona virus.

Thought this was a very effective way of communicating the key point that slowing the spread of COVID-19 is very important. https://t.co/C9GP8VKRWq
– Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) March 8, 2020

EBay, meanwhile, is taking decisive steps to remove more than 20,000 unverified listings related to the coronavirus. Where in the CNBC report, the list of search for these items immediately jumped up at an unreasonable selling price.

Another case in Indonesia itself, the selling price of masks has also increased dramatically in the online market. The price range sold at Tokopedia and Shoppe for a box of masks sells for IDR 400 to IDR 1.7 million or an increase of 10 times the normal price.

The English and Chinese versions are automatically generated by the system. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)

Comments

Be careful, there is malware infiltration of the spread of COVID-19

JAKARTA – The world is worried about the spread Coronavirus or COVID-19. John Hopkins University has also succeeded in making a map on line , in detail showing the area of the spread of the corona virus around the world. Unfortunately, the popularity of this online map was later exploited by hackers to create fake maps that had been planted with malicious programs of sorts malware . Later a kind of notification that forces the accesser to install illegal applications. Reporting from TNW , security researcher from Reason Labs, Shai Alfasi, found that hackers used a map of the spread of the corona virus to steal information from its users. Malware This is downloaded automatically when displaying a map of the distribution of the COVID-19 virus. In appearance, malware it does show a map on line distribution related coronavirus , the number of patients in each country and the casualties incurred. At that time Malware AZORult type will pull a number of sensitive information o...

US Senators Pass Rules to Ban Federal Employees from Playing TikTok

JAKARTA – Two Republican United States (US) senators are planning to issue a bill (RUU), which prohibits federal employees from using the TikTok app. The ban was issued because the government was concerned that US user data would leak to the Chinese government. Launch Reuters , the reason senators Josh Hawley and Rick Scott issued the bill was because of the use of the application in US government department offices. Especially regarding security and national intelligence issues that can be accessed when using the TikTok application. “TikTok is owned by a Chinese company that includes members of the Chinese Communist Party on the council and often violates the law by sharing user data,” Hawley said, as quoted VOI , Friday, March 13. Also read: Vine Successor Byte Ready to Become TikTok Competitor Update TikTok Features Calm Parents When WWE Wrestling and TikTok Team Up “As many of our federal agencies have recognized, TikTok is a major security risk for the ...

Reading on a cellphone screen turns out to be more comfortable in light mode than dark mode

JAKARTA – Almost all applications and software now have features dark mode . The application is not considered current if this feature is not embedded. It is said that one of the advantages is that it makes the eyes more relaxed when looking at the cellphone screen. But is that really true? Many factors affect the brightness of the cellphone screen. Starting from changes in the light of the morning afternoon to evening, and the content that is being accessed. For example, in the early morning, when the sun has not yet risen, maybe at that time people often read the news. This means that the environment is in a dark situation and the screen is bright white. Then during the day one might dwell on applications Spreadsheets or Word in bright light. And at night, for example, while watching a movie on Netflix, people look at the screen with the background dark mode in the middle of a dark environment. These various situations contribute to eye strain. Maybe for ordinary people...

Mash Pad

Search This Blog