The social networks are limiting content associated with alcohol and tobacco merchandise.
Facebook and Instagram are cracking down on some
content associated with vaping.
Facebook plans to limit sales and limit content associated with alcohol and tobacco merchandise, as well as electronic cigarettes,
on its sites. A brand new policy, which will get into effect Wednesday, will forbid all private sales, trades, transfers
and gifting of alcohol and tobacco on Facebook and Instagram, in line with CNN. Businesses that
post content associated with alcohol
and tobacco will reportedly have to prohibit content individuals 18 and older.
“We are changing our regulated product policy to
ban the sale of alcohol and tobacco merchandise between private individuals on Facebook and Instagram,” a
Facebook representative said in an emailed statement. “Our
commerce policies already forbid the
sale of tobacco or alcohol in places like Marketplace however we’re currently extending this to
organic content.”
Facebook groups created to sell alcohol and tobacco merchandise is also subject to the new rules,
and cluster administrators are
being alerted to the changes, in
step with CNN. Tobacco and alcohol sales were already prohibited in
Facebook Marketplace.
The new policy doesn’t apply to all or any Facebook and
Instagram posts however.
Posts concerning alcohol
and tobacco merchandise that
aren’t directly attempting to
sell them are reportedly still allowed. These posts reportedly won’t have to be compelled to be
age-restricted.