Facebook Stops Priveate Firearms Sales

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Facebook Stops Priveate Firearms Sales

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http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/01/29/ ... latestnews
Facebook says it's cracking down on online gun sales, announcing Friday a new policy barring private individuals from advertising or selling firearms on the world's largest social network. The new policy applies also to Facebook's photo-sharing service Instagram.

Facebook "was unfortunately and unwittingly serving as an online platform for dangerous people to get guns," said Shannon Watts of Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that launched a public campaign to convince the social network to change its policies two years ago.
We seem to keep getting squeezed.
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I've heard this is fake. Facebook would contact you directly though notifications on FB, not email.
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83 days mailbox to mailbox.
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Oops. Looks like this is already running here:
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