https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/12/18/facebook-instagram-to-ban-influencers-from-promoting-vaping-and-guns/ > Facebook and Instagram are going to crack down even harder on the promotion of vaping and tobacco products and guns on the two social-media platforms. > On Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram said that so-called “influencers” will no longer be allowed to run branded content that promotes vaping, or e-cigarettes, any kind of tobacco product, or firearms, thus closing what had been a loophole in Facebook’s advertising policies.