{"id":4917,"date":"2016-07-16T22:24:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T14:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/16\/the-twitter-army-attacking-facebook-gun-sales\/"},"modified":"2016-07-16T22:24:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T14:24:04","slug":"the-twitter-army-attacking-facebook-gun-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/16\/the-twitter-army-attacking-facebook-gun-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twitter army attacking Facebook gun sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f146814%2ffacebook-guns-header\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/2Cn-87RMjeph4McJnFXJgX1mgjk=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F146814%2FFacebook-guns-header.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=The+Twitter+army+attacking+Facebook+gun+sales&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F16%2Fhow-to-remove-facebook-gun-sales%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F16%2Fhow-to-remove-facebook-gun-sales%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the past month, John Sibley has been responsible for the takedown of more than 1,000 Facebook groups selling guns. He and others are part of a ragtag social media militia of sorts they say are trying to fill a gap in <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/01\/29\/facebook-instagram-ban-gun-sales\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Facebook&#8217;s gun ban<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They spend their free time reporting private gun sales that still permeate the social network months after Facebook banned the deals. And there are a lot of posts to report. While Sibley&#8217;s personal tally is on the high side, <em>Mashable<\/em> spoke to others who flag dozens, even hundreds per week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/13\/facebook-gun-sale-policies\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Senator pummels Mark Zuckerberg with questions about gun sales on Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/16\/how-to-remove-facebook-gun-sales\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/orlando-shooting\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Orlando Shooting<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/gun-sales\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gun Sales<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/guns\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Guns<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/twitter\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/facebook\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Facebook<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/bvXo7iuA3ug\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past month, John Sibley has been responsible for the takedown of more than 1,000 Facebook groups selling guns. 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