Recalled pillows linked to 10 infant deaths still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, US agency says
Source: AP
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) Federal safety regulators are urging consumers to stop using baby pillows that have been linked to 10 infant deaths but are still being sold on Facebook Marketplace, despite being recalled two years ago.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that Boppy Newborn Loungers are no longer legally for sale but it has found thousands of them on Facebook Marketplace since the 2021 recall began.
The agency wrote to Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook parent Meta Platforms, on Tuesday saying it had made repeated requests to have recalled items taken down from Marketplace. It cited the Boppy loungers as a particularly egregious example of a product that puts consumers at risk.
Until these sales are stopped, babies will continue to be at risk of death, CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka said in a statement. He added that Meta has not taken effective action in response to CPSCs average of one thousand takedown requests made each month over the last year for the Boppy loungers.
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FakeNoose
(32,617 posts)Fine them $1 million per day for every day the ad remains on their website.
If a week goes by and the ad is still there, shut Facebook down for a day. Then three days, then a week.
PortTack
(32,751 posts)Zuckerberg doesnt want to miss a penny!
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)He knows more than anyone that his website is going the way of Ebay and it shows. I haven't been there since I deleted my account over two years ago.
pansypoo53219
(20,968 posts)i wanted to sleep on my stomach. still do.