Restricted Goods and Services: Drugs and Firearms

We do not allow private individuals, manufacturers or retailers to buy, sell or trade non-medical drugs, pharmaceutical drugs and marijuana on Facebook and Instagram. We also do not allow private individuals to buy, sell, give, exchange or transfer firearms, including firearm parts or ammunition. While drugs and firearms are regulated by different legal restrictions around the world, we enforce these standards consistently across Instagram due to the borderless nature of our community.
This report does not include data on other goods prohibited from being sold on Facebook or Instagram, including human organs, animals and their parts, or on our enforcement of our separate Commerce Policies or Advertising Policies.
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Prevalence
How prevalent were restricted goods and services violations?
Content Actioned
How much restricted goods and services content did we take action on?
Proactive Rate
Of the violating content we actioned for restricted goods and services, how much did we find and action before people reported it?
Drugs
Drugs
Correcting mistakes
People can appeal our decisions, unless there are extreme safety concerns. We restore content we incorrectly removed or when circumstances change. Restores can happen from appeals or when we identify issues ourselves.
Appealed Content
How much of the content we actioned for restricted goods and services did people appeal?
Restored Content
How much actioned content for restricted goods and services were later restored?
Drugs
Drugs