State Media Targets Baidu Over Counterfeit Drug Ads
Chinese search giant Baidu may be in trouble.? China Central Television (CCTV) – which is state-owned and easily the country’s largest broadcaster – has accused the company of allowing sites that deal in counterfeit drugs to buy ads. As explained by Reuters this morning, “CCTV reported on Sunday that Baidu and other search engines had profited from promoting three websites offering counterfeit drugs that had duped more than 3,000 people in China.” Then here are a couple more important details: “In 2008, CCTV aired a similar expose on Baidu selling links to unlicensed medical sites with unproven claims for their products. . .

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State Media Targets Baidu Over Counterfeit Drug Ads
