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 Dangerous Organizations and Individuals
How we keep our platforms safe from groups and individuals that promote violence, terrorism, organized crime, and hate.
Our approach to the opioid epidemic
How we support communities in the face of the opioid epidemic.
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.
Meta’s comprehensive hub for ads transparency
Ad Library
Meta Ad Library is a comprehensive, searchable database for ads transparency. People can use the Ad Library to get more information about the ads they see across Meta technologies.
People can search for all active ads running across products from Meta. For ads about social issues, elections or politics, Meta provides additional information, including spend, reach and funding entities. These ads are visible whether they’re active or inactive and are stored in the Ad Library for 7 years.
Meta offers more information for ads that deliver an impression in the EU or associated territories. These ads are displayed in the Ad Library while active and archived for one year upon the delivery of their last impression. The Ad Library also has a searchable database that displays all active, public branded content running on Facebook and Instagram with a paid partnership label.
Learn more about the types of data available in the Ad Library.
Ad Library API
The Ad Library API is an application programming interface that allows for a deeper analysis of ads about social issues, elections or politics, as well as ads that deliver to the EU and associated territories. Authorized users can also analyze active and public branded content running on Facebook and Instagram via the API.
Ad Library Report
The Ad Library Report provides an aggregated and comprehensive view of ads about social issues, elections or politics in a selected country for a given time period. The Ad Library Report, which can be downloaded, is available in all countries that require authorization to run ads about social issues, elections or politics.
Ad Targeting dataset
The Ad Targeting dataset allows approved researchers to analyze targeting information selected by advertisers who ran ads about social issues, elections or politics any time after August 2020 in more than 120 countries. All active and inactive social issues, as well as electoral and political ads with at least one impression are included and remain in the dataset for 7 years.
