Facebook In Talks With Advocacy Groups, Working To Prevent Gun Sales On Facebook, Instagram
Facebook is in talks with representatives of advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, with the social network and its Instagram photo- and video-sharing network being accused of enabling the sale of guns, while maintaining that Facebook and Instagram are not ecommerce platforms.
Facebook is in talks with representatives of advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, with the social network and its Instagram photo- and video-sharing network being accused of enabling the sale of guns, while maintaining that Facebook and Instagram are not ecommerce platforms.
A Facebook spokesperson told VentureBeat that Facebook and Instagram “strongly prohibit” the sale or facilitation of weapons and explosives, stressing that the two social networks are not intended for use as ecommerce sites and saying:
You can’t buy things on Instagram and Facebook, nor can you promote the sale or use of weapons in advertising.
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