diff --git a/backend/src/utils/stripMarkdown.ts b/backend/src/utils/stripMarkdown.ts
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+++ b/backend/src/utils/stripMarkdown.ts
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+export function stripMarkdown(str) {
+  return str.replace(/[*_|~`]/g, "");
+}