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Actioned content items depicting trade of firearms on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2018 to 4th quarter 2025 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of content items taken action on by Facebook in millions
Q4 2025	2.2
Q3 2025	0.89
Q2 2025	1.1
Q1 2025	1.3
Q4 2024	1.8
Q3 2024	1.3
Q2 2024	1.9
Q1 2024	3.3
Q4 2023	2.3
Q3 2023	0.77
Q2 2023	0.88
Q1 2023	1.3
Q4 2022	1.6
Q3 2022	1.4
Q2 2022	1.6
Q1 2022	1.2
Q4 2021	1.5
Q3 2021	1.1
Q2 2021	1.5
Q1 2021	1.9
Q4 2020	1.1
Q3 2020	0.62
Q2 2020	0.69
Q1 2020	1.4
Q4 2019	2.2
Q3 2019	2.3
Q2 2019	2.5
Q1 2019	0.61
Q4 2018	0.69

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May 2026

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Worldwide

Survey time period

Q4 2018 to Q4 2025

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According to Facebook, "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."

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In the fourth quarter of 2025, Facebook took action on 2.2 million pieces of content depicting the trade of firearms, up from 0.89 million pieces of this content in the previous quarter. Facebook has invested in automatic detection to delete content that attempts the sale, exchange, gifting, or transfer of firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, or explosives between private individuals. Additionally, over three million pieces of drug-related content were removed from the platform.