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Meta offered 'unacceptable' response to concerns over illicit drug ads on Facebook and Instagram, congressman says

Rep. Tim Walberg slammed Meta for its response to a bipartisan group of lawmakers regarding illicit drug ads on its platform.

Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg characterized a letter sent by Meta to a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday as "unacceptable," claiming the company failed to address the specific questions the politicians sent to CEO Mark Zuckerberg in August. The questions to Meta centered around recent reports from The Wall Street Journal and the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project (TTP) that revealed a proliferation of Facebook and Instagram ads steering users to third-party services where they could buy prescription pills and recreational drugs like cocaine. Walberg's comments come after Zuckerberg, during a live podcast recording in San Francisco, said Meta should push back harder "when people make allegations about the impact of the tech industry or our company" that are not founded in any fact.

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