Thousands of Australians have received unsolicited text messages from Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party in recent weeks about COVID-19 vaccines. What can regulators do about them?
Thousands of Australians have received unsolicited text messages from Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party in recent weeks, including one that links to out-of-context information about COVID-19 vaccine side effects.
The first tells people not to trust the major parties. The second, which also contains grammatical errors, links to a UAP website that presents,Many recipients have taken to social media to express concerns about privacy and whether the messages were legally sent. The TGA – which regulates the advertising of therapeutic goods in Australia under the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 - says it’s “very concerned” about the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
“The TGA is very concerned about any information which provides an incorrect picture of the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly if that information is distributed widely to the public,” a spokesperson told SBS News.
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