US is investigating Meta for role in drug sales
Live MintFederal authorities are investigating Meta Platforms for its role in the illicit sale of drugs, according to documents and people familiar with the matter. The prosecutors have requested records related to “violative drug content on Meta’s platforms and/or the illicit sale of drugs via Meta’s platforms," according to copies of subpoenas reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The group turned over to prosecutors thousands of telehealth company ads from Meta’s ad library, many featuring prescription drugs, which researchers collected at the request of the Journal in 2022, Hickey said. A Journal investigation in 2022 highlighted telehealth companies’ ads that touted benefits of medications with no mention of side effects and promoted drugs for uses that weren’t approved by the FDA—skirting traditional FDA advertising rules. Sellers have recently advertised counterfeit versions of blockbuster weight-loss drugs on Meta’s platforms, including one drug that is still at least two years away from receiving FDA approval, the Journal has reported.
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