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 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.
Datasets that empower researchers to study the political, economic and social impact of our platforms
Instagram Data Access Pilot for Well-being Research
Meta is partnering with the Center for Open Science (COS) on a pilot program to share certain privacy-preserving social media data with select researchers to study topics related to the well-being of teens and young adults. This pilot program will use research processes that have been popularized in the open science movement, such as pre-registration and early peer review. Meta will not select the researchers or provide input on their research questions, and we’ve set up this pilot program with COS based on the Registered Reports publishing process to ensure research independence, transparency, and scientific integrity.
Meta is also partnering with the Secure Data Access Center’s (Le Centre d’Accès Sécurisé aux Données, “CASD”) to provide selected pilot researchers with access to their secure and user-friendly cleanroom environment to analyze the consented and authorized Instagram data of their study sample. Learn more on the COS website here.
URL Shares
The URL Shares dataset summarizes the demographics of those who viewed, shared and otherwise interacted with web pages (URLs) shared on Facebook starting January 1, 2017 up to and including October 31, 2022. URLs are included in the dataset if shared (as an original post or reshare) with “public” privacy settings more than 100 times. Social Science One hosts applications for access to the URL Shares dataset. Researchers whose applications are approved by Social Science One will be granted access once per quarter following completion of onboarding with Meta.
US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study
The US 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study is a partnership between Meta and academic researchers to understand the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes and behaviors during the US 2020 election. The collaboration is designed to yield objective, empirically grounded research that will be shared transparently with the public.
The first 4 papers resulting from this publication were published in Science and Nature in July 2023. Data from published papers is available through the University of Michigan’s Social Media Archive (SOMAR) for other researchers to run their own analyses and check the validity of the findings.
Data for Good
Data for Good leverages Meta’s data, technology and talent to make progress on major social issues. Partners use our maps and survey tools to increase immunization rates in communities, respond to natural disasters, and empower women-led businesses. Researchers deploy these maps and survey tools to study climate change, crisis events and social capital.
Data for Good partners with hundreds of organizations across every continent, including universities, non-profit organizations and international institutions. Many of our data products are publicly available while others are controlled access for non-profits and researchers. Request access and learn more about our datasets.
