Meta, Google and YouTube ‘profiting’ off posts for bogus women’s health cures in Kenya

Tech firms permit ads for potentially harmful products including vaginal cleanse' balls and useless herbs for infertility, according to an investigation

Meta, YouTube and Google are profiting from posts promoting harmful and useless health products to women in Kenya, according to an investigation.

Researchers from the media collective Fumbua have accused big tech firms of amplifying content that promises unproven cures for infertility and herbs that can stave off cancers on their networks.