Social media company Facebook to ban ads on weapons and accessories

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Facebook said that they will ban all the advertisements regarding weapons, accessories, and protective equipment within the US on Saturday with immediate effect until a minimum of two days after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan 20.

The Facebook application does help you to connect with friends, family, and other individuals who share your interests. Connecting with your friends and family is also like discovering new people with features like groups, watch, and Marketplace.

They have already prohibited ads for weapons, ammunition, and weapon enhancements like silencers. But will now also prohibit ads for accessories. Supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. and the company said it clear that they will now prohibit advertisements for accessories like gun safes, vests, and gun holsters within their handling.

 Senators did send a letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Friday asking him to permanently block advertisements of products that are designed to be utilized for a conflict. The senators and all democrats said that the corporation must take this seriously and other actions to hold itself in charge of how domestic enemies of the US have used the company’s products and platform to further their illegal aims.

Facebook on Friday thus also blocked the creation of any new Facebook events near places like the White House and U.S. Capitol in Washington, also in state capitol buildings from Jan. 20. Buzzfeed did report this week that Facebook has been running ads for military equipment content promoting election misinformation and news about the violence on Jan. 6.

The FBI has warned of armed protests being planned for Washington and everyone 50 state capitals within the run-up to the inauguration. Lately, the social media company said that all the pages identified within the Buzzfeed story have been removed, and the corporate has worked with law ensuring and terrorism intelligence.

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