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Drug sellers are peddling steroids on Fb and YouTube

The sale of illicit wares throughout social media platforms raises questions on how smartly the tech giants are policing their websites.
The sale of illicit wares across social media platforms raises questions about how well the tech giants are policing their sites.

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Author: Washington Post

Washington Post has recently written 10 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "Dozens of scientists funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative urged Mark Zuckerberg to enforce stricter policies around the spread of misinformation and incitements to violence". (June 7, 2020)
  2. "The FTC will allege Facebook was not clear that advertisers could target users who submitted their numbers as part of a security feature and will contend that Facebook gave some people inadequate information about ways to opt out of some facial recognition features. It will not, however, require Facebook to admit guilt, the sources said". (July 24, 2019)
  3. "Trump lashed out at social media companies Wednesday in response to Twitter labeling two of his tweets". (May 27, 2020)
  4. "Facebook issued new rules that ban users from posting computer-generated, highly manipulated videos, known as deepfakes, seeking to stop the spread of a novel form of misinformation months before the 2020 presidential election". (January 7, 2020)
  5. "Officials at home and abroad sounded off this week about Facebook's plans to start a cryptocurrency, expressing fears it could destabilize financial markets". (July 20, 2019)
  6. "The move comes two days after Twitter took the rare step of labeling one of the presidents tweets and linking viewers to news articles that fact-checked his claims". (May 28, 2020)
  7. "Big Tech has funded a bevy of political groups that have engaged in tactics designed to deter regulators who are seeking to break up or penalize the industry". (June 10, 2020)
  8. "Participation in the New York-led antitrust investigation of Facebook reflects a broadening belief among the country’s top Democrats and Republicans that the tech giant may be undermining its social-networking rivals". (October 8, 2019)
  9. "YouTube said Monday it is scaling back its data collection and what kind of ads can run alongside children's content, part of an effort to satisfy regulators who said it violated rules around underage viewers". (January 6, 2020)
  10. "Facebooks external civil rights auditors found that the companys prioritization of free speech over all other values has undermined its progress on race". (July 8, 2020)
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