Facebook Community Standards
Policies that outline what is and isn't allowed on the Facebook 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 ranking
How we reduce problematic content in News Feed.
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.
If your content goes against the Facebook Community Standards or Instagram Community Guidelines, Meta will remove it. We'll also notify you so you can understand why we removed the content and how to avoid posting violating content in the future.
We use a strike system to count violations and hold you accountable for the content you post. Depending on which policy your content goes against, your previous history of violations and the number of strikes you have, your account may also be restricted or disabled.
What happens when your content is removed
We’ll let you know when something you posted goes against our Community Standards or Community Guidelines. Usually, this notice appears in your Feed when you log into Facebook or in your feed on Instagram. You can also find it in your Support Inbox on Facebook or Support Requests on Instagram.
We'll do our best to reference which part of our policies you didn't follow, and give a brief description of why we don’t allow the content, so you can avoid having other content removed in the future.
We occasionally make mistakes. If you believe we made a mistake by removing your content, you usually can let us know, and we'll take another look.
Takedown experience
1
Immediate notification
When someone posts something that violates our Community Standards, we’ll tell them.
2
Additional context
We’ll also address common misperceptions around enforcement.
3
Explain the policy
We’ll give people easy to understand explanations about why their content was removed.
4
Ask for input
After we’ve established the context for our decision and explained our policy, we’ll ask people what they'd like to do next, including letting us know if they think we made a mistake.
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Tell us more
If people disagree with the decision, we’ll ask them to tell us more.
6
Set expectations
Here, we set expectations on what will happen next.
