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Banning Guns Seems To Increase The Number Of Guns Sold On Facebook
Retail // March 11, 2016

When Facebook announced at the end of January that it was banning the sale of guns on the social networking platform (as well as on Facebook-owned Instagram), the company stated that it would rely on user reports to catch violators of the policy. According to...

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Card Networks Add Merchant Code to Track Gun Sales

September 11, 2022
Visa, Mastercard and American Express have decided to add a new merchant category for firearms retailers in a win for gun control advocates, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Sept. 11). The new category, pushed by Democratic lawmakers, was approved by an international entity setting standards for the payments industry. The merchant category codes, or […]

Banning Guns Seems To Increase The Number Of Guns Sold On Facebook

March 11, 2016
When Facebook announced at the end of January that it was banning the sale of guns on the social networking platform (as well as on Facebook-owned Instagram), the company stated...