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Facebook, WeChat and other social media platforms now doubling as money services businesses enable and profit from sales of deadly fentanyl, House lawmakers heard Wednesday. Both forums carry posts that explicitly advertise addictive synthetic drugs while their payment platforms—Meta Pay and WeChat Pay, respectively—allow sellers to complete the transaction online, Gretchen Peters, executive director of the Alliance to Counter Crime Online, told members of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions in a hearing. Peters, who based her testimony on the accounts of industry whistleblowers in communication with ACCO, told lawmakers that the...