Alibaba will pay 600 million dollars to settle a US probe into illegal pharmaceutical sales on its platform
THE SO WHAT
A $600M settlement over illegal pharma sales puts hard numbers on marketplace compliance risk. If you run a platform with third-party sellers, invest in automated KYC and content policing now—regulators are treating “we’re just the venue” as a weak defense.
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