Facebook Backs off Ban on Distribution of 3D Gun Computer Files

By Dean Weingarten

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- In August of 2018, facebook was accused of banning the distribution of computer files associated with the printing of 3D firearms. From 3dprintingindustry.com:

According to numerous sources, Facebook released a statement saying: “Sharing instructions on how to print firearms using 3D printers is not allowed under our Community Standards,”

This was always an overreach by Facebook. Information on how to make guns has been freely available, offline in printed form, for centuries. The idea that files on how to make 3D printed plastic guns are somehow verboten are a direct assault on the distribution of legal information. From another, pragmatic viewpoint, those files have been available on the internet for years.

In July of 2019, that policy was partly reversed. According to The Telegraph in the United Kingdom, Facebook is relaxing the ban, in part, because such information is legal in many countries. From thetelegraph.co.uk:

Facebook will allow some users to spread and promote blueprints for 3D printed firearms on its services, potentially opening the door to sales of untraceable “ghost guns”.

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