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USTR warns of risks from online pharmacies in its 'notorious markets' report
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Meta to end fact-checking on its platforms
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Meta Reveals Plan to Alter Fact-Checking Program
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Meta shuts down its AI character accounts that users called 'creepy and unnecessary'
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Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
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Meta Deleted Its Controversial AI Profiles. Here’s Why.
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