Facebook is banning sites that host digital blueprints for three -printed guns. The decision comes as US states attempt to block such instructions from being published. However, that was stalled when a federal judge on July 31 granted a temporary nationwide injunction that prevented Defense Distributed from uploading the plans. A settlement in July between Facebook and Defense Distributed , an open-source group that created the first 3D -printed gun, enabled the group to make the gun code available. However, on July a federal judge granted a temporary nationwide injunction to prevent the plans being uploaded. Facebook has stated that instructions on printing firearms breach the company’s “ News Feed ”. Sites that host the files can still be posted through the US State Department .
Facebook is banning sites that host digital blueprints for three -printed guns. The decision comes as US states attempt to block such instructions from being published. A settlement in July between Facebook and Defense Distributed , an open-source group that created the first 3D -printed gun, enabled the group to make the gun code available. However, on July a federal judge granted a temporary nationwide injunction to prevent the plans being uploaded. Facebook has stated that instructions on printing firearms breach the company’s “ News Feed ”. Sites that host the files can still be posted through the US State Department .