INSTAGRAM ADS PROMOTE COCAINE ACCESSORIES DESPITE BAN

The ads appear across the platform marketing items explicitly marketed for snorting cocaine and storing the drug. Products include custom-designed straws in various materials and leather pouches with magnet closures, often framed as lifestyle or novelty items. Meta's community standards prohibit the sale or promotion of drug paraphernalia. The persistence of these ads suggests either enforcement gaps or difficulty in identifying products marketed with dual-use language. The issue highlights a common moderation challenge: products can be marketed vaguely to evade automated detection systems. Similar problems plague other platforms where sellers use coded language or ambiguous product descriptions. Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment on how the ads circumvented its screening systems or what action it would take to remove them.