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.
Types of Content We Demote
Our Content Distribution Guidelines outline some of the types of content that receive reduced distribution in News Feed. As these guidelines develop, we will continue to provide transparency about how we define and treat problematic or low quality content. A summary of updates we make to the Guidelines can be found on our Changes, Corrections and Adjustments page.
Our enforcements to reduce problematic content in News Feed are rooted in our commitment to the values of Responding to People’s Direct Feedback, Incentivizing Publishers to Invest in High-Quality Content, and Fostering a Safer Community.
Responding to People’s Direct Feedback
We’re always eager to receive people’s feedback about what they do and don’t like seeing on Facebook and make changes to News Feed in response.
- Ad Farms
- Clickbait Links
- Comments that Are Likely to Be Reported or Hidden
- Engagement Bait
- Links to Suspected Cloaking Domains
- Links to Websites Requesting Unnecessary User Data
- Low Quality Browsing Experiences
- Low Quality Comments
- Low Quality Events
- Low Quality Videos
- Pages Posting Unoriginal Videos
- Pages Predicted to Be Spam
- Sensationalist Health Content and Commercial Health Posts
Incentivizing Creators to Invest in High-Quality and Accurate Content
We want people to have interesting, new material to engage with in the long term, so we create incentives that encourage the creation of this type of content.
- Domains with Limited Original Content
- Fact-Checked Misinformation
- Inauthentic Sharing
- Links to Domains and Pages with High “Click-Gap”
- Posts from Broadly Untrusted News Publishers
- Posts from Pages that Artificially Inflate Their Distribution
- Posts from People Who Hypershare Into Groups
- Unoriginal News Articles
Fostering a Safer Community
Some content may be problematic for our community, whether or not it’s intended that way. We make this content difficult to encounter for people who aren’t actively trying to see it.
