Facebook and Twitter Pushed to Do More to Halt Online Opioid Sales
- FDA chief says social media sites need to take down ads
- Agency to host a summit with CEOs to identify technology gaps
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The top U.S. drug regulator wants social-media sites including Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. to do more to stop illegal online sales of opioids that are contributing to hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is expected to say in a speech on Wednesday that social-media companies and internet-service providers need to be more proactive in rooting out sales pitches for addictive painkillers. He said that while the platforms are reluctant to police content the ads are “insidious threats.”