Monday, February 15, 2016 Monthly Newsletter The Prying Business of Facebook and Guns by Tom Mchale Some guy who fondles an inflatable spheroid with his feet gets 23.2 times more love from Facebook than all the fans of the National Rifle Association combined. True or False? We’ll answer that question in a minute. For now, let’s talk about the realities of this most recent Facebook kerfluffle. You know, the recently announced a policy change that will ban Facebook content related to the buying and selling of guns. This issue has been talked about plenty, so I’ll just summarize the details here. While perfectly legal, Facebook will no longer allow people like you and me to post content about guns for sale or trade unless we’re federally licensed gun dealers. The devil is always in the details, especially since Facebook is relying on user snitching to find and remove said content.
Never understood why anyone would post details of their lives on-line for everyone to see - and ultimately use against you.
