Under Pressure, Facebook Restricts Gun Promotion on Social Network

[wsj-ticker ticker="FB" onlinesignificance="prominent" name="Facebook" postfix=""] announced Wednesday new restrictions on promoting guns on the social network, amid pressure from groups favoring gun control.

In a blog post, Facebook said it will remove offers to sell guns without background checks or across state lines illegally. Facebook also said it will notify users offering to sell guns of relevant laws and require pages primarily used to promote gun sales to limit access to users aged 18 or older. Facebook also announced that searches for guns for sale on Instagram will prompt messaging reminding users of gun laws.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/03/05/yielding-to-pressure-facebook-restricts-gun-promotion-on-social-network/?mod=WSJBlog

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