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  • France is preparing to write off Wish: Similar to an American non-profit newsroom, France decided to test their concerns about the Wish e-commerce marketplace by buying products and checking out what they got. A bunch of violations, it turns out. France is now asking search engines and app stores to remove the US public company from the list.
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