Facebook's Zuckerberg Grilled On Illicit Opioid Ads, Commits To Meeting With Gottlieb

By Beth Wang / April 12, 2018 at 2:03 PM
Facebook Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday (April 11) promised that someone from Facebook will meet with FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to address how the company can further address the issue of illicit opioid advertising on the social media site. Zuckerberg's response came during a barrage of questions at a House hearing where lawmakers referenced Gottlieb's April 4 speech in which he called out social media companies , including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Google, Yahoo and Bing, for not...


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