Meta — the tech company that owns Facebook and Instagram — is being investigated by federal authorities who are looking into whether the tech giant is willfully facilitating or profiting off drug sales on its platforms, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The outlet reports federal authorities in Virginia have already pressed Meta for company records regarding “violative drug content on Meta’s platforms and/or the illicit sale of drugs via Meta’s platforms.”
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“The sale of illicit drugs is against our policies and we work to find and remove this content from our services,” Meta told Fox Business on Saturday.
Meta proactively cooperates with law enforcement authorities to help combat the sale and distribution of illicit drugs.”
Many online social platforms have become a hotbed of illegal activity, including the domestic and international sale of illicit substances.
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM SERVICE RESTORED AFTER WIDESPREAD OUTAGE”Fighting drug trafficking online is bigger than any single platform.
That’s why we actively collaborate with other technology companies to share information and prevent bad actors from doing harm online,” Meta says in the “Transparency Center” section of their website.
The company states, “For example, we’re working with Snap to identify patterns and signs of illicit drug-related content and activity.
Through this program, we’ve identified novel ways to detect illicit drug content at-scale on our platform, and routinely share these signals back with Snap so we can independently evaluate and remove violating drug content across platforms.”
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently announced a collaborative campaign between the State Department and social media companies (including Meta) to combat online drug trafficking at the 67th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE”The United States and the UNODC recently launched a new collaborative effort with Meta, Snap, and others to disrupt synthetic drug activity online and instead to have these platforms use their influence to educate users about the risks,” said Blinken.
The partnership was also touted on social media by Meta President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg on Friday.
Fox Business has reached out to the Food and Drug Administration for comment.
The tech giant Meta is being investigated for using its social media subsidiaries as a platform for drug sales.
Federal authorities are looking into whether Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, is intentionally facilitating or profiting from drug sales on its platforms. This is the subject of a federal investigation, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
According to the outlet, Meta has already been asked to produce corporate records about “violative drug content on Meta’s platforms and/or the illicit sale of drugs via Meta’s platforms” by federal authorities in Virginia. ****.
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Food and Drug Administration representatives are allegedly helping investigators.
“We want to find and remove content that promotes illegal drug sales from our services because it is against our policies,” Meta said in a Saturday interview with Fox Business. Meta works proactively with law enforcement to support efforts to stop the sale and distribution of illegal drugs. “.”.
The selling of illegal substances both domestically and internationally has become commonplace on many online social media platforms.
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The battle against drug trafficking on the internet transcends all platforms. In order to share information and stop bad actors from causing harm online, we actively collaborate with other technology companies,” Meta states on their website under the “Transparency Center” section.
“For instance, we’re working with Snap to identify patterns and signs of illicit drug-related content and activity,” the company says in its statement. We’ve discovered cutting-edge techniques to identify illegal drug content on our platform at scale thanks to this program, and we regularly share these signals back to Snap so that together, we can assess and remove illegal drug content from all platforms independently. “.
During the 67th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently announced a joint campaign between the State Department and social media companies, including Meta, to combat online drug trafficking.
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“Recently, the UNODC and the United States launched a new cooperative effort with Meta, Snap, and others to disrupt the online activity related to synthetic drugs and instead have these platforms use their influence to educate users about the risks,” Blinken stated.
On Friday, Meta President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg also bragged about the partnership on social media.
Fox Business has requested a statement from the Food and Drug Administration.
