Content that fact-checkers prioritise

UPDATED 17 MAR 2025
Fact-checkers review and rate public posts on the Facebook app, Instagram and Threads, including ads, articles, photos, videos, reels, audio and text-only content. In the spirit of free expression, they typically don't interfere with opinions and debate, content that's clearly satirical or humorous, or business disputes. Fact-checking partners prioritise provably false claims that are timely, trending and consequential in the countries and languages that they cover.
  • Viral false information.
  • Hoaxes that have no clear basis in fact.
  • Provably false claims that are timely, trending and consequential in the countries and languages that they cover.