The darknet – a wild west for fake coronavirus 'cures'? The reality is more complicated (and regulated)
- Written by James Martin, Associate Professor in Criminology, Swinburne University of Technology
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The coronavirus pandemic has spawned reports of unregulated health products and fake cures being sold on the dark web. These include black market PPE, illicit medications such as the widely touted “miracle” drug chloroquine, and fake COVID-19 “cures” including blood supposedly from recovered coronavirus patients...