Facebook Community Standards
Policies that outline what is and isn't allowed on the Facebook app.
Instagram Community Guidelines
Policies that outline what is and isn't allowed on the Instagram app.
Meta Advertising Standards
Policies for ad content and business assets.
Other policies
Other policies that apply to Meta technologies.
How Meta improves
How we update our policies, measure results, work with others, and more.
Our approach to elections
How we help prevent interference, empower people to vote and more.
Our approach to misinformation
How we work with independent fact-checkers, and more, to identify and take action on misinformation.
Our approach to newsworthy content
How we assess content for newsworthiness.
Our approach to Facebook Feed ranking
How we reduce problematic content in News Feed.
Our approach to explaining ranking
How we build AI systems.
Content Library and Content Library API
Comprehensive access to public data from Facebook and Instagram
Ad Library tools
Comprehensive and searchable database of all ads currently running across Meta technologies
Other research tools and datasets
Additional tools for in-depth research on Meta technologies and programs
Community Standards Enforcement Report
Quarterly report on how well we're doing at enforcing our policies on the Facebook app and Instagram.
Intellectual Property
Report on how well we're helping people protect their intellectual property.
Government Requests for User Data
Report on government request for people's data.
Content Restrictions Based on Local Law
Report on when we restrict content that's reported to us as violating local law.
Internet Disruptions
Report on intentional internet restrictions that limit people's ability to access the internet.
Widely Viewed Content Report
Quarterly report on what people see on Facebook, including the content that receives the widest distribution during the quarter.
Regulatory and Other Transparency Reports
Download current and past regulatory reports for Facebook and Instagram.
Our approach to elections
UPDATED
NOV 27, 2023
Meta invests a huge amount of effort and resources to protect elections online — not just during election periods but at all times.
We have around 40,000 people working on safety and security for global elections, with more than $20 billion invested in teams and technology in this area since 2016.
Preventing interference
We stop millions of fake accounts every day before they are even created.
Our security teams investigate and take down coordinated networks of accounts, Pages, and groups that try to manipulate public debate.
We partner with governments, law enforcement agencies, nonprofits, civil rights groups, and other tech companies to stop emerging threats.
Fighting misinformation
We work with nearly 100 partners across 60 languages to fact-check what people post and provide context on misleading content.
We remove content that attempts to interfere with voting, such as incorrect voting information, and we remove calls for electoral violence.
We reduce the distribution of false news about elections so fewer people see it.
Increasing transparency
We require all political advertisers to verify their identify through an authorization process before they can buy ads.
We add “Paid for by” disclaimers to political and issue ads, and provide the owner and locations for political Pages and Groups.
We provide an Ads Library—a searchable database of all political and issue ads from the last 7 years—so you can see exactly what candidates are saying, who they’re targeting, and who paid for it.
Empowering people to vote
On Facebook and Instagram, through in-app notifications, we’re continuing to connect people with details about voter registration and elections.
Our Voting Information Center continues to be live on Facebook.
