幾大國外社交媒體淪爲軍火黑市 兜售武器物資

A study by the Small Arms Survey and the Armament Research Services (ARES) revealed a growing number of arms trades made online in Libya. Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media sites and apps are becoming online black markets for weapons.

近日，小型武器調查與武器研究公司(ARSE)進行的一項研究顯示，利比亞地區網上交易軍火的現象越來越多，Facebook、WhatsApp等社交媒體網站和應用正淪爲"網絡軍火黑市"。

ARES tracked groups and individual arms traders active online in Libya, recording 1,346 illicit sales in just one year.

ARSE對利比亞地區活躍的網絡軍火交易個人與團體進行追蹤，發現在短短一年內就有1346起非法交易。

N.R. Jenzen-Jones, director at ARES, said the report provides only a snapshot of how armed groups use social media to trade weapons online.

ARES董事N.R. Jenzen-Jones表示，該研究僅僅揭示了武裝集團如何利用社交媒體進行網上軍火交易的"冰山一角"。

He said data gathered by ARES suggest very similar trends in other conflict zones, including Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

他表示，該公司蒐集的數據顯示，敘利亞、伊拉克和也門等衝突地區也存在類似的趨勢。

And it's not just small arms that are sold online. The study, first reported by the New York Times, found sales of heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, grenade launchers, anti-tank guided weapons and portable air defense systems.

該研究發現，在網上不僅僅能買到輕武器，甚至可以買到重機槍、火箭發射器、榴彈發射器、反坦克制導武器和移動式防空武器系統等。

The report said the arms trade was tightly regulated in Libya during the Qaddafi regime era. But after the 2011 revolution, the regime's massive arsenal was raided by illicit arms traders and armed groups, and the black market started to flourish. The online black market for arms has grown in recent years, as internet connections have become more available.

該研究表示，在卡扎菲政權時期，利比亞的軍火貿易受到了嚴格的管制。但是在2011年革命之後，該政權的大規模軍火庫遭到了非法軍火商和武裝團伙的襲擊，黑市也從此開始蓬勃發展起來。 隨着互聯網變得越來越普及，網絡軍火黑市近年來也發展了起來。

Facebook and Instagram banned private firearms sales in January, hoping to crack down on the peer-to-peer sales of weapons on their platforms.

Facebook和Instagram等社交媒體則表示，已於今年1月起封鎖了私人兜售軍火行爲，希望以此禁止各自網站上的P2P式的軍火貿易。

"We remove any such content as soon as we become aware of it. We encourage people to use the reporting links found across our site so that our team of experts can review content swiftly," Facebook told CNNMoney on Thursday.

Facebook代表在接受CNNMoney週四採訪時表示：“對於類似的行爲我們一旦發現，就會立即移除相關內容。我們鼓勵網友積極舉報，以便我們的專家們能夠夠快更好的檢查並刪除相關信息。”