据路透社和《****》报道，Facebook不久将禁止用户使用社交网络协调私人**销售。此举也延伸至Instagram，是Instagram的一个戏剧性声明，该公司已致力于收紧**政策。新办法适用于公职人员；Facebook不会扫描你的私人信息来发现**销售。同样重要的是：这不适用于持证**经销商的帖子，这将继续在社交网络上被允许。

2014年，Facebook和Instagram开始限制讨论向18岁以上用户****的帖子；这两项服务还敦促买卖双方遵守当地法律。”“我们不会允许人们发布**受监管物品的要约，表明他们愿意逃避或帮助他人逃避法律，”Facebook在会议上说。以下是严厉禁令出台前的运作方式：

Any posts reported to Facebook that do reference the private sale of guns will be restricted to viewers who have told the social network they are 18 or older, and the authors of such posts will be warned via a message to "comply with relevant laws and regulati***." Pages that Facebook classes as "primarily used by people to promote the private sale of commonly regulated goods or services" will now need to include language that "clearly reminds people of the importance of understanding and complying with relevant laws and regulati***," and will only be open to users who have indicated they are over 18.

从头到尾在Facebook上完成**购买是不可能的，但很明显，Facebook希望完全远离私人销售。如果这一决定属实，可能会引起全国**协会和**拥有者的愤怒。Facebook关于此事的声明实际上从未提及“枪”这个词，或许是为了缓和这场冲突。像Craigslist这样的在线市场不允许****，像Google的AdWords这样的广告网络也禁止广告商推销危险武器。