The prosecutors sent subpoenas last year and have been
asking questions as part of a criminal grand jury probe, the report said,
adding that they have also been requesting records related to drug content or
illicit sale of drugs via Meta’s platforms.
The Food and Drug Administration has also been helping with
the investigation, the newspaper added. It noted that investigations do not
always lead to charges of wrongdoing.
The paper quoted a spokesman for Meta as saying in a
statement: “The sale of illicit drugs is against our policies and we work to
find and remove this content from our services”.
“Meta proactively cooperates with law enforcement
authorities to help combat the sale and distribution of illicit drugs,” he
added.
The prosecutors’ office and a spokeswoman for the FDA
declined to comment to WSJ.
Meta, the FDA and the Virginia Attorney General’s office did
not immediately respond to a Reuters’ request for comment.
Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, said on
social media platform X on Friday that Meta had joined up with the U.S. State
Department, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and Snapchat to help
disrupt the sale of synthetic drugs online and educate users about the
associated risks.