Senators are gearing up to introduce legislation that would force social media companies to report illegal fentanyl activity on their platforms to law enforcement.
Lawmakers are zeroing in on the online sale of illegal drugs, which have been linked to a surge in US overdose deaths. Republicans plan to increase scrutiny of such transactions, and tech companies’ role in curtailing them, when they take control of the House next year.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) found Democratic backing from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) for an updated version of his Cooper Davis Act (
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