Facebook Takes Aim at the Firearms Industry Ahead of Inauguration Day.....

[MMC]

Facebook has placed a temporary ban on advertisements of "weapon accessories and protective equipment" until Friday. The social media company made the announcement on Friday ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.



"We are banning ads that promote weapon accessories and protective equipment in the US at least through January 22, out of an abundance of caution," the company wrote in a blog post. "We already prohibit ads for weapons, ammunition and weapon enhancements like silencers. But we will now also prohibit ads for accessories such as gun safes, vests and gun holsters in the US."



Facebook's move comes after BuzzFeed News published an article saying the social media company was pairing ads for gun holsters, body armor and other "military-related paraphernalia" with users who engaged with content about "election misinformation and news about the attempted coup at the Capitol."


The left-leaning Tech Transparency Project first noticed the ads and brought them to the attention of BuzzFeed. That article reportedly caused Facebook to change their ad policies, at least for the time being.
From BuzzFeed:.....snip~


Facebook Takes Aim at the Firearms Industry Ahead of Inauguration Day by Beth Baumann (townhall.com)



At least its costing them money!

[DGUtley]

...and so it begins...

[MMC]

...and so it begins...

[Peter1469]

It will interesting to see how FB deals with nations banning them.

[MMC]

It will interesting to see how FB deals with nations banning them.

As well as losing money from advertisers.

[countryboy]

As if shooting enthusiasts look to Fakebook for gun accessories.

[MMC]

As if shooting enthusiasts look to Fakebook for gun accessories.

Just goes to show ya that Faceplate was looking to make money off that specific advertising.

[carolina73]

Even if you were smart enough to stay of Facebook they were still at least trying to track you.
If you have Noscript, Adblock and other security software then the number of tracking sites is unbelievable. Sites like Yahoo, I could not use because I would get hundred of instances of script and ad software just on the front page.

So if the page you went to had a Facebook link then Facebook was attempting to link you to the visit.

[MMC]

Facebook gets 70% of their money from those overseas. Now they are getting dinged here and now overseas too. Expect more countries to ban their pathetic asses.

[donttread]

Facebook has placed a temporary ban on advertisements of "weapon accessories and protective equipment" until Friday. The social media company made the announcement on Friday ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.



"We are banning ads that promote weapon accessories and protective equipment in the US at least through January 22, out of an abundance of caution," the company wrote in a blog post. "We already prohibit ads for weapons, ammunition and weapon enhancements like silencers. But we will now also prohibit ads for accessories such as gun safes, vests and gun holsters in the US."



Facebook's move comes after BuzzFeed News published an article saying the social media company was pairing ads for gun holsters, body armor and other "military-related paraphernalia" with users who engaged with content about "election misinformation and news about the attempted coup at the Capitol."


The left-leaning Tech Transparency Project first noticed the ads and brought them to the attention of BuzzFeed. That article reportedly caused Facebook to change their ad policies, at least for the time being.
From BuzzFeed:.....snip~


Facebook Takes Aim at the Firearms Industry Ahead of Inauguration Day by Beth Baumann (townhall.com)



At least its costing them money!

My God!

1) We need competing media and social media as soon as possible!

2) We need to let the rank and file know that all of their elites are protected by guns. A protection they would deny their followers!