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Anthropologists and heritage experts who have called for more due diligence on the part of the legitimate antiquities market welcomed Facebook’s new community standards that have put historical artifacts on the list of items forbidden to post for sale on the platform.https://www.occrp.org/en/news/experts-welcome-facebo...
After criticism from archaeologists and academics about the trade of looted items on its platform, Facebook has banned the sale of historical artefacts on its site.https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/facebook-bans-sales-of-historic-artifacts
Middle Eastern and North African antiquities, including sculptures, mosaics, coins, scrolls, and sarcophagi, have long been mythologized and prized by museums and collectors alike. But over the last several years, a robust black market for these relics has been sweeping Facebook, forcing the social media powerhouse to...
The wars in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya has led to a thriving trade in looted artefacts – and social media platforms play a key role. Facebook will ban the sale of historical artefacts in an attempt to prevent priceless items looted or stolen from being sold online.https://www.euronews.com/2020/06/23/facebook-bans-sal...
Facebook has banned trading of historical artifacts as part of new community standards rolled out Tuesday after reports emerged in April of increased trafficking of looted antiquities on the site during the Covid-19 pandemic.https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/06/23/facebook-bans-artifacts-trade-after-u...
Social media allows us to connect in a matter of seconds with people all over the world, ranging from fan pages discussing niche interests to hashtags used to organize political protests. However, illegal activity through social media is made easier by the anonymous nature of virtual interactions. The black market has...
After having paid massive fines and having returned thousands of questionably acquired antiquities, Hobby Lobby, a US based arts and crafts chain which heavily funded the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, is now suing Christie’s for the US$1.6 million they had paid for a 3,500 years-old cuneiform tablet from Iraq t...
The Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research (ATHAR) Project, a UNESCO partner which investigates and documents the digital underworld of trafficking in looted artefacts, has found an uptick in posts on Facebook groups involved in the buying and selling of looted objects from the Middle East and North...
In North Africa and the Middle East, looters of ancient sites are taking advantage of distracted authorities to nab more historical treasures. The ATHAR Project (Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research), a group of anthropologists that tracks the illicit sale of antiquities online, is reporting an in...