Human bones are being traded on Instagram
Scientific media Live Science reported on the current situation where human bones are traded on SNS such as Instagram and Facebook. Meta, which operates Instagram, prohibits the sale of human bodies in the terms of use, but it highlights the situation where the sale of violations of the terms is openly done.
Desecrated human skulls are being sold on social media in UK's unregulated bone trade | Live Science
Below is an example of an account that trades human bones on Instagram. At the time of writing the article, there were 28 posts on the account page of a person named Joseph Plaskitt, most of which contain human bones.
An example post looks like this: The picture of the skull is accompanied by the caption, 'The skull of an elderly man in the early 1900s. The chin is removable.' increase.
Meta's Terms of Service prohibits advertising the sale of 'body parts and fluids.' However, according to Live Science, there are many accounts that sell human bones on Instagram and Facebook in addition to the above accounts. In addition, forensic experts point out the possibility that the preserved human bones that are traded are well preserved and may have been used as anatomical specimens.
In the UK, there are no restrictions on the possession or sale of human bones unless they are obtained illegally. Also, Chris Bull, who sells human bones online, said, ``I try to treat human bones with as much respect as possible,'' appealing that there is no ethical problem. Also, Mattaeus Ball, who also sells human bones, argues that ``personal collectors of human bones are taking care of the remains abandoned by the medical industry.'' Trish Biers, an anatomy researcher at the University of Cambridge, points out that some medical specimens include illegally exhumed burial bodies. It's not all procured,' he said.
In addition, Meta commented to Live Science's interview, 'We have deleted the violating content. We will continue to delete violating content in accordance with the policy.'
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