I can post “I’m selling vapes to 13-17 year olds, $10 a pop!” almost anywhere on the internet. I won’t get banned for it until someone brings attention to it. I can upload ads like this anywhere that allows users to upload ads. Will the news write a headline like this about it if I do it anywhere other than Facebook?

This is a complete non-story. The appropriate forum for it is a bug report to Facebook, not international news. It should make you skeptical about other news about Facebook, because it indicates the media does not have a basic “is this bullshit” filter for stories they publish about Facebook.

If this was actual commercial activity, with real vape vendors selling vapes to children, and Facebook kept it up after finding out about it, that would be a story.