Evidently, you could have been purchasing Amazon land all along.
It's not that Amazon
Facebook Marketplace is a fantastic place to go if you want to find cursed items, but it was once a place where you could also get large tracts protected rainforests.
According to a Facebook press release, the company announced that it would be clamping down on anyone using the platform for the sale of land in the Amazon rainforest. This announcement was made following a BBC report which revealed hundreds of acres of protected forest land available for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
The press release stated that we will announce measures today to stop land sales in ecological conservation areas of the Amazon rainforest via Facebook Marketplace. We have updated our commerce policies to prohibit land sales or purchases in ecological conservation areas.
Crackdown Conservation
The social media giant announced that it will review listings on Facebook Marketplace in relation to an authoritative international database of protected areas. This will allow it to identify listings that could be violating this policy.
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The company stated that by using this database and other complementary information sources, we create another obstacle for those trying to list these lands in Marketplace.
CNN reported that while the name of the international organization was not clear in the press release, CNN stated that it would use the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to determine if users have violated their policies.
This announcement is somewhat optimistic and caps an extremely difficult week for Facebook. The internet went wild Monday when Facebook, along with its sibling platforms Instagram (and WhatsApp), went offline for hours. A whistleblower who testified before Congress about Facebook's hidden research regarding its harmful effects on teens also brought down the company.
READ MORE: Curbing Amazon Land Listings in Marketplace [Facebook]
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