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Facebook is banning private sales of guns on its flagship social network and its Instagram photo-sharing service, a move meant to clamp down on unlicensed gun transactions.
Facebook
already prohibits people from offering marijuana, pharmaceuticals and
illegal drugs for sale, and the company said on Friday that it was
updating its policy to include guns. The ban applies to private,
person-to-person sales of guns. Licensed gun dealers and gun clubs can
still maintain Facebook pages and post on Instagram.
Although
Facebook was not directly involved in gun sales, it has served as a
forum for gun sales to be negotiated, without people having to undergo
background checks. The social network, with 1.6 billion monthly
visitors, had become one of the world’s largest marketplaces for guns
and was increasingly evolving into an e-commerce site where it could
facilitate transactions of goods.
The
ban thrusts Facebook into the center of another major societal debate.
Discussions over gun control have flared anew after the mass shootings
last year in San Bernardino, Calif., and a community college in Oregon,
among others. In January, President Obama gave a speech promising to
tighten enforcement of laws governing unlicensed gun sales.
In response, some individual sellers said they would turn to sites like
Facebook, which allowed them to freely advertise guns for sale.
Facebook
said it would rely on its vast network of users to report any
violations of the new rules, and would remove any post that violated the
policy. Beyond that, the company said it could ban users or severely
limit the ways they post on Facebook, depending on the type and severity
of past violations. If the company believed someone’s life was in
danger, Facebook would work with law enforcement on the situation.
Facebook
will also rely on user reports of private gun sales that occur between
members via Facebook Messenger, the company’s private messaging service.
Facebook does not scan the content of those messages.
“Over
the last two years, more and more people have been using Facebook to
discover products and to buy and sell things to one another,” Monika
Bickert, Facebook’s head of product policy, said in a statement. “We are
continuing to develop, test and launch new products to make this
experience even better for people and are updating our regulated goods
policies to reflect this evolution.”
New
York’s attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, who has pressed for
restrictions on illegal gun sales on Facebook and other sites, praised
the company’s move.
“Today’s
announcement is another positive step toward our shared goal of
stopping illegal online gun sales once and for all,” he said in a
statement on Friday.
Facebook
plays host to scores of online groups that cater to gun enthusiasts,
with members posting pictures and details about an individual gun, or a
gun they might be looking to buy. Many of the groups are private,
meaning that Facebook users may need to be approved by an administrator
before they can see or write posts.
Unlike
professional gun sellers, hobbyists who sell or trade a few guns a year
are not typically required to be licensed by the federal government.
Some, like Scott Schmoke of Florida, say that Facebook helps them sell
just a handful of weapons a year. Mr. Schmoke said in an interview this
month that he always insisted on meeting potential buyers face-to-face,
to feel them out.
“I
go to a secure location, and I say, ‘Can I see your driver’s license?
Do you have a concealed-weapons permit?’ ” Mr. Schmoke said. If he gets a
bad feeling, he does not sell, he said.
But
as an unlicensed seller, Mr. Schmoke is under no obligation to perform
any kind of background check. Federal authorities have expressed worries
that the Internet has fueled the sale of guns to felons and others who
might normally be blocked from buying firearms.
Facebook has taken some steps to regulate gun sales over the years. In 2014, it said it would limit gun sales on its site and on Instagram, including by shielding minors from Facebook pages that advertised guns for sale.
But since then, Facebook has been inching toward facilitating e-commerce transactions. In December, the company introduced
a project that directs users to local businesses and services that are
well-reviewed on Facebook. Facebook can also store users’ credit card
information. And in recent months, Facebook made it possible to send
peer-to-peer payments through Messenger.
Facebook’s
progression toward on-site payments underscored the need to update the
company’s content policy, a Facebook spokeswoman said.
The
company has also been pushed by gun safety groups including Everytown
for Gun Safety, an umbrella group that united the efforts of two
separate organizations of mayors and mothers to promote gun safety.
Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in
America, one of those two advocacy groups, said she met with senior
Facebook officials repeatedly over the last two years.
Everytown
for Gun Safety presented Facebook with research connecting unlicensed
gun sales on the site to gun violence. For example, Ms. Watts said, in
December 2014, an Ohio man, Brian Harleman, shot and wounded his
ex-girlfriend and killed her 10-year-old daughter before killing
himself. Although prohibited from buying firearms because of a felony
conviction, he was able to buy the weapon in an unlicensed sale on
Facebook.
“We
were saying, ‘Please stop the unfettered access to guns on Facebook,’ ”
Ms. Watts, a mother of five in Colorado, said in an interview.
Because
of Facebook’s tremendous influence, she said, its decision to ban
person-to-person sales of guns will have ripple effects on gun policy
nationwide.
“What
they’re doing is sending such an incredibly strong, sentinel signal to
the world that America is working in the right direction on guns,” she
said. “For them to take a stand and do the right thing gives cover to
other businesses to do the right thing.”
Breaking News: Facebook is banning gun sales on its network, which had become a way for private dealers to elude background checks.
The ban, which does not apply to posts by licensed gun dealers, will also apply to the company’s photo-sharing service.
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