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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: ABX on September 28, 2017, 06:37:45 pm

Title: Belle Gibson, fake wellness blogger, fined $410,000 over false cancer claims
Post by: ABX on September 28, 2017, 06:37:45 pm
Be careful who you get your internet woo from.

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Fake wellness blogger Belle Gibson has been ordered to pay a fine of $410,000 after being found guilty of misleading and deceptive conduct earlier this year.

The Federal Court in Melbourne found she misled her readers when she claimed her brain cancer was cured through alternative therapies and nutrition.....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-28/disgraced-wellness-blogger-belle-gibson-fined/8995500?sf117288250=1