Can big tech stop wildlife crime?

Companies including PayPal, Meta, eBay and Etsy announced new commitments at the United For Wildlife Business Forum to End Wildlife Trade, pledging cooperation against a trafficking trade worth billions of dollars annually.

Wildlife trafficking increasingly runs through social media, e-commerce listings and cryptocurrency, exploiting the same infrastructure these companies built and profit from. Experts have welcomed the pledges while noting that watchdog reports have documented these platforms enabling the trade they now say they'll help stop.

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