Tashin Hankali da Kalaman Tunzurawa

Cikakken bayanin doka

CANZA SHIGA

Yau

Ra'ayin Doka

Manufanmu ita ce hana yiwuwar rikici ba ta intanet ba wanda ƙila yana da alaƙa da abubuwa a kan dandamalinmu. Duk da yake mun fahimci cewa mutane yawanci suna bayyana rashin amincewa ko rashin jituwa ta hanyar barazana ko kira ga rikici ta hanyoyi marasa mahimmanci da kuma na yau da kullun, muna cire harshe da ke tunzura ko tayar da hankali da kuma yin barazana ga kariyar jama'a ko ta wani mutum. Wannan ya haɗa da maganganun tashin hankali da ake niyya ga mutum ko ƙungiyar mutane bisa la'akari da halayensu masu kariya ko matsayin shige da fice. Muna cire bayanai, dakatar da asusu da kuma yin aiki da hukumar tilasta bin doka a lokacin da muka yi imani cewa akwai haɗari a bayyane na cutarwar zahiri ko barazana ta kai tsaye ga lafiyar al’umma. Haka kuma muna ƙoƙarin yin la’akari da harshe da muhalli don bambancewa tsakanin maganganu na yau da kullum ko na wayar da kan jama’a daga abubuwan da suka kasance akwai tabbatacciyar barazana ga jama’a ko kare kai. A wajen yanke hukuncin ko barazana tabbatacciya ce, ƙila mu yi la'aƙari da ƙarin bayani kamar ganuwar mutum a bainar jama'a da kuma haɗarin da ke tattare lafiyar jikinsu.

A wasu lokuta, muna ganin buri ko sharaɗi na tashin hankali, da ya haɗa da bayyana tabbacin cewa za yi tashin hankali, ga ‘yan ta'adda da sauran masu tayar da hankali (misali, "’Yan ta'adda sun cancanci a kashe su," "Ina fata za su kashe 'yan ta'adda"). Muna ganin waɗancan a zaman ba su da tabbaci, babu takamaiman shaida saɓanin haka.

Muna cire:

Muna cire barazanar tashin hankali a kan waɗanda aka nufa daban-daban. Barazanar tashin hankali wasu jawabai ne ko hotuna da ke nuna niyya, buri, ko kiran a yi tashin hankali a kan wani da aka nufa, kuma za a iya bayyana barazana ta nau’ikan jawabai daban-daban kamar jawaban niyya, kira a aikata, ba da shawara, jawaban nuna buri da kuma jawaban sharaɗi.

Ba ma haramta barazana idan aka yaɗa cikin yanayi na wayar da kai ko na Allah-wadai, yayin da aka yi barazana marar tsanani a yanayi na wasannin taɓa juna, ko kuma yayin da aka yi barazana a kan wasu masu tayar da hankali, kamar ƙungiyoyin ‘yan ta’adda.

Kariyar bai-ɗaya ga kowa da kowa

An kare kowa daga waɗannan barazana:

Barazanar tashin hankali da za ta iya kai wa ga mutuwa (ko wasu nau’ikan tashin hankali mai tsanani)

Barazanar tashin hankali da za ta iya kai wa ga mummunan rauni (tashin hankali na tsaka-tsaki) Mukan cire irin waɗannan barzana akan sanannun mutane da rukunoni wanda ba akan siffofin da ake karewa ba yayin da suka tabbata, kuma mukan cire su akan duk wasu da aka nufa (da suka haɗa da rukunoni akan siffofin da ake karewa) ba tare da hujja ba

Amincewa da aikata tashin hankali mai tsanani ko matsakaici (a rubuce ko ta hanyar magana, ko wanda mai aikata laifi ya siffanta shi da gani), ban da lokacin da aka yaɗa a yanayi na tuba, kare kai ko muhallin faɗan wasa lokacin da jami’in kula da doka, soja ko jami’in tsaro ya aikata.

Barazana ko nuna garkuwa da mutane ko satar mutane, si dai idan ya bayyana cewa wanda aka cutar ko iyalansu suna yaɗa bayanin ne a matsayin neman taimako, ko aka yaɗa don sanarwa da jama’a, yin Alla-wadai ko manufofin wayar da kai

Ƙarin kariya ga Manya Masu Zaman Kansu, Dukkan Yara, mutane da ke tsananin hatsari da kuma mutane ko rukunoni akan siffofinsu da ake karewa:

Ƙari akan kariyar bai-ɗaya ga kowa da kowa, dukkan manya masu zaman kansu (yayin da suka kawo rahoton kansu), yara da mutane ko rukunonin mutane da aka nufa akan siffofinsu da ake karewa, suna samun kariya daga barazana mai ƙarancin tashin hankali.

Wani Rikici

Ƙari akan dukkan kariyar da aka lissafa a sama, mukan cire waɗannan:

Bayanin da ke bayar da umurni a kan, bayarwa, ko ba da umurnin ayyukan karya doka mai tsanani (ga misali, , ‘yan bindiga daɗi, sojojin haya, masu kisan gilla, yi wa mata kaciya) ko yin farfaganda a kan yin amfani da waɗannan ayyuka

Umarni kan yadda za a yi ko amfani da makamai a inda yake akwai yaren da ke bayyana manufar raunata wa ko kashe mutane a bayyane, ko hoton da ke nuna ko kwatanta abin da zai faru, sai dai a yanayi da ke nuna ƙunshiyar da take ba ta manufar tashin hankali ba ne kamar kare kai na ilimi (misali, horar da yaƙi, fasahar yaƙi) da horar da sojoji

Umarni kan yadda za a yi ko amfani da abubuwan fashewa, sai dai in akwai kyakkyawan yanayi cewa abin na manufar da ba ta tashin hankali ba ne (kamar na abubuwan samar da nishaɗi, wasannin wuta da bidiyon wasannin na kasuwanci, kamun kifi)

Barazanar ɗaukar matakai ko kawo makamai zuwa wani wuri ko shiga wuri da ƙarfi (da ya haɗa da amma bai taƙaita ga wuraren ibada, gine-ginen makarantu, wuraren kaɗa ƙuri’a ko wuraren da ake amfani da su wajen ƙirga kuri’a ko gudanar da zaɓe), ko wuraren da suke akwai yawaitar alamomi na kasadar tashin hankali.

Barazanar tashin hankali masu dangantaka da kaɗa ƙuri’a, rijistar masu zaɓe, ko gudanar da zaɓe ko sakamakonsa, ko da kuwa babu wanda aka nufa.

Ɗaukaka tashin hankali da ya danganci jinsi wanda yake ko dai tashin hankali na abokin zama na kurkusa ko tashin hankalikare martaba

Don waɗannan Tsarin Rayuwar Al'umma, muna buƙatar ƙarin bayani da/ko a muhallin da za a tilasta:

Muna cire:

Barazana ga jami’an tsaro ko jami’an zaɓe, ba tare da la’akari da matsayinsu a cikin al’umma ko tabbacin barazanar ba.

Jawabin da aka rufe a inda ba a bayyana hanyar tashin hankalin a fili ba, amma an rufe ko sakaya barazanar, kamar yadda gamayyaralamar barazana da kuma alamar cikin bayani daga jerin da ke ƙasa suka nuna.

Barazana: jawabin da aka rufe da yake ɗaya daga waɗannan:

Wanda aka yaɗa a yanayin ramuwar gayya (misali, bayyana niyyar yin wani abu na cutarwa ga wasu don martani kan wani ƙorafi ko barazanar da wataƙila ta gaske ce, wadda aka kintata ko aka zata)

Nusarwa ga al’amuran tashin hankali na tarihi ko na almara da suka faru (misali, bayanin da ke yin barazana ga wasu ta hanyar nusarwa ga sanannun al’amuran tarihi na tashin hankali da aka aiwatar a faɗin tarihi ko a saitunan almara)

Yana a matsayin kiran barazana domin ɗaukar mataki (misali bayanin da ke gayyatar ko ƙarfafa guiwar wasu don su aikata tashin hankali ko su shiga cikin ayyukan tashin hankali)

Wanda ke nuna ilimi na ko yaɗa bayanai na taka-tsantsam waɗanda za su iya jawo a cutar da wasu (misali bayanin da ko dai yake lura da ko yake nuna ya san wasu bayanan mutum da za su iya tabbatar da barazanar. Wannan ya haɗa da nuna sanin adireshin wurin zaman wani mutum, wurin aikinsa ko ilimi, hanyoyin da yake bi kullum ko wurin da ya ke a halin yanzu)

Halin da ake ciki

Halin yankin ko ƙwarewa ya tabbatar cewa jawabin da ake magana akai zai iya afkar da tashin hankali.

Wanda ake nufi da bayanin ko wani wakilin da aka ba izini ya kawo rahoton bayanin gare mu.

Wanda ake nufi yara ne.

Barazana a bayyana ta kawo makamai zuwa wurare, da ya haɗa da amma bai taƙaita ga wuraren ibada, gine-ginen makarantu, wuraren kaɗa ƙuri’a ko wuraren da ake amfani da su wajen ƙirga kuri’a ko gudanar da zaɓe), ko wuraren da suke akwai yawaitar alamomi na kasadar tashin hankali.

Iƙrari ko shafi-faɗi game da cin hanci da rashawa da suka danganci zaɓe, maguɗi, ko nuna wariya yayin da aka haɗa da alamar da cewa bayani yana yin barazanar tashin hankali (misali, barazanar ɗauka ko kawo makami, nuna makami a zahiri, nuni da farmaki, sata, ɓarna), da suka haɗa da:

Nufar ɗaiɗaikun mutane

Nufar wani wuri na musamman (jiha ko ƙasa da haka)

A inda wanda aka nufa ba a bayyane yake ba

Nuni ga taruka ko sha’anonin da suka danganci zaɓe yayin da aka haɗa da alamar da cewa bayani yana yin barazanar tashin hankali (misali, barazanar ɗauka ko kawo makami, nuna makami a zahiri, nuni da farmaki, sata, ɓarna).

Barazanar tashin hankali mai tsanani ko matsakaici wajen kare kai ko wani mutum idan an cika ƙa'idodin da ke ƙasa.

A kan wani mutum (ban da mutanen da za a iya gane su ta suna ko fuska, mutanen da aka nufa bisa ga halayen su da aka kare, da yara)

A cikin muhallin shiga gida ko tashin hankali tsakanin mutane wanda ya yi daidai da tashin hankalin da aka mayar da martani kuma yana da barazana nan take

Tasirin da zai iya yi a kan murya ya fi haɗarin tashin hankali mai zuwa.

28 Sat, 2024

Policy Rationale

We aim to prevent potential offline violence that may be related to content on our platforms. While we understand that people commonly express disdain or disagreement by threatening or calling for violence in non-serious and casual ways, we remove language that incites or facilitates violence and credible threats to public or personal safety. This includes violent speech targeting a person or group of people on the basis of their protected characteristic(s) or immigration status. We remove content, disable accounts and work with law enforcement when we believe there is a genuine risk of physical harm or direct threats to public safety. We also try to consider the language and context in order to distinguish casual or awareness-raising statements from content that constitutes a credible threat to public or personal safety. In determining whether a threat is credible, we may also consider additional information such as a person's public visibility and the risks to their physical safety.

In some cases, we see aspirational or conditional threats of violence, including expressions of hope that violence will be committed, directed at terrorists and other violent actors (e.g., “Terrorists deserve to be killed,” “I hope they kill the terrorists”). We deem those non-credible, absent specific evidence to the contrary.

We Remove:

We remove threats of violence against various targets. Threats of violence are statements or visuals representing an intention, aspiration, or call for violence against a target, and threats can be expressed in various types of statements such as statements of intent, calls for action, advocacy, expressions of hope, aspirational statements and conditional statements.

We do not prohibit threats when shared in awareness-raising or condemning context, when less severe threats are made in the context of contact sports, or certain threats against violent actors, like terrorist groups.

Universal protections for everyone

Everyone is protected from the following threats:

Threats of violence that could lead to death (or other forms of high-severity violence)

Threats of violence that could lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence). We remove such threats against public figures and groups not based on protected characteristics when credible, and we remove them against any other targets (including groups based on protected characteristics) regardless of credibility

Admissions to high-severity or mid-severity violence (in written or verbal form, or visually depicted by the perpetrator or an associate), except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defense, contact sports (mid-severity or less), or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel

Threats or depictions of kidnappings or abductions, unless it is clear that the content is being shared by a victim or their family as a plea for help, or shared for informational, condemnation or awareness-raising purposes

Additional protections for Private Adults, All Children, high-risk persons and persons or groups based on their protected characteristics:

In addition to the universal protections for everyone, all private adults (when self-reported), children and persons or groups of people targeted on the basis of their protected characteristic(s), are protected from threats of low-severity violence.

Other Violence

In addition to all of the protections listed above, we remove the following:

Content that asks for, offers, or admits to offering services of high-severity violence (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins, female genital mutilation) or advocates for the use of these services

Instructions on how to make or use weapons where there is language explicitly stating the goal to seriously injure or kill people, or imagery that shows or simulates the end result, unless with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose such as educational self-defense (for example, combat training, martial arts) and military training

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose such as recreational uses (for example, fireworks and commercial video games, fishing)

Threats to take up weapons or to bring weapons to a location or forcibly enter a location (including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election), or locations where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence.

Threats of violence related to voting, voter registration, or the administration or outcome of an election, even if there is no target.

Glorification of gender-based violence that is either intimate partner violence or honor-based violence

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

We Remove:

Threats against law enforcement officers or election officials, regardless of their public figure status or credibility of the threat.

Coded statements where the method of violence is not clearly articulated, but the threat is veiled or implicit, as shown by the combination of both a threat signal and contextual signal from the list below.

Threat: a coded statement that is one of the following:

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to engage in violence against others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

References to historical or fictional incidents of violence (e.g., content that threatens others by referring to known historical incidents of violence that have been committed throughout history or in fictional settings)

Acts as a threatening call to action (e.g., content inviting or encouraging others to carry out violent acts or to join in carrying out the violent acts)

Indicates knowledge of or shares sensitive information that could expose others to violence (e.g., content that either makes note of or implies awareness of personal information that might make a threat of violence more credible. This includes implying knowledge of a person's residential address, their place of employment or education, daily commute routes or current location)

Context

Local context or expertise confirms that the statement in question could lead to imminent violence.

The target of the content or an authorized representative reports the content to us.

The target is a child.

Implicit threats to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election (or encouraging others to do the same) or locations where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence.

Claims or speculation about election-related corruption, irregularities, or bias when combined with a signal that content is threatening violence (e.g., threats to take up or bring a weapon, visual depictions of a weapon, references to arson, theft, vandalism), including:

Targeting individual(s)

Targeting a specific location (state or smaller)

Where the target is not explicit

References to election-related gatherings or events when combined with a signal that content is threatening violence (e.g., threats to take up or bring a weapon, visual depictions of a weapon, references to arson, theft, vandalism).

Threats of high- or mid-severity violence in the defense of self or another human when the criteria below are met.

Against a person (excluding persons identifiable by name of face, people targeted based on their protected characteristics, and children)

In the context of home entry or interpersonal violence that is proportional to the violence responded to and is an immediate threat

The potential impact on voice outweighs the risk of imminent violence

30 Agu, 2024

Policy Rationale

We Remove:

Universal protections for everyone

Everyone is protected from the following threats:

Threats of violence that could lead to death (or other forms of high-severity violence)

Additional protections for Private Adults, All Children, high-risk persons and persons or groups based on their protected characteristics:

Other Violence

In addition to all of the protections listed above, we remove the following:

Instructions on how to make or use weapons where there is language explicitly stating the goal to seriously injure or kill people, or imagery that shows or simulates the end result, unless with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose such as educational self-defense (for example, combat training, martial arts) and military training

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose such as recreational uses (for example, fireworks and commercial video games, fishing)

Threats of violence related to voting, voter registration, or the administration or outcome of an election, even if there is no target.

Glorification of gender-based violence that is either intimate partner violence or honor-based violence

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

We Remove:

Threats against law enforcement officers or election officials, regardless of their public figure status or credibility of the threat.

Threat: a coded statement that is one of the following:

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to engage in violence against others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call to action (e.g., content inviting or encouraging others to carry out violent acts or to join in carrying out the violent acts)

Context

Local context or expertise confirms that the statement in question could lead to imminent violence.

The target of the content or an authorized representative reports the content to us.

Targeting individual(s)

Targeting a specific location (state or smaller)

Where the target is not explicit

Threats of high- or mid-severity violence in the defense of self or another human when the criteria below are met.

Against a person (excluding persons identifiable by name of face, people targeted based on their protected characteristics, and children)

In the context of home entry or interpersonal violence that is proportional to the violence responded to and is an immediate threat

The potential impact on voice outweighs the risk of imminent violence

14 Agu, 2024

Policy Rationale

We Remove:

We do not prohibit threats when shared in awareness-raising or condemning context, when less severe threats are made in the context of contact sports, or ~~when~~certain threats ~~are directed~~ against ~~certain~~ violent actors, like terrorist groups.

Universal protections for everyone

Everyone is protected from the following threats:

Threats of violence that could lead to death (or other forms of high-severity violence)

Additional protections for Private Adults, All Children, high-risk persons and persons or groups based on their protected characteristics:

Other Violence

In addition to all of the protections listed above, we remove the following:

Instructions on how to make or use weapons where there is language explicitly stating the goal to seriously injure or kill people, or imagery that shows or simulates the end result, unless with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose such as educational self-defense (for example, combat training, martial arts) and military training

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose such as recreational uses (for example, fireworks and commercial video games, fishing)

Threats of violence related to voting, voter registration, or the administration or outcome of an election, even if there is no target.

Glorification of gender-based violence that is either intimate partner violence or honor-based violence

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

We Remove:

Threats against law enforcement officers or election officials, regardless of their public figure status or credibility of the threat.

Threat: a coded statement that is one of the following:

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to engage in violence against others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call to action (e.g., content inviting or encouraging others to carry out violent acts or to join in carrying out the violent acts)

Context

Local context or expertise confirms that the statement in question could lead to imminent violence.

The target of the content or an authorized representative reports the content to us.

Targeting individual(s)

Targeting a specific location (state or smaller)

Where the target is not explicit

3 Yul, 2024

Policy Rationale

We Remove:

We remove threats of violence against various targets. Threats of violence are statements or visuals representing an intention, aspiration, or call for violence against a target, and threats can be expressed in various types of statements such as statements of intent, calls for action, advocacy, aspirational statements and conditional statements.

We do not prohibit threats when shared in awareness-raising or condemning context, when less severe threats are made in the context of contact sports, or when threats are directed against certain violent actors, like terrorist groups.

Universal protections for everyone

Everyone is protected from the following threats:

Threats of violence that could lead to death (or other forms of high-severity violence)

Additional protections for Private Adults, All Children, high-risk persons and persons or groups based on their protected characteristics:

Other Violence

In addition to all of the protections listed above, we remove the following:

Instructions on how to make or use weapons where there is language explicitly stating the goal to seriously injure or kill people, or imagery that shows or simulates the end result, unless ~~in the context of recreational self-defense, training by a country’s military, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)~~with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose such as educational self-defense (for example, combat training, martial arts) and military training

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose such as recreational uses (for example, fireworks and commercial video games, fishing) ~~(for example, part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)~~

Threats of violence related to voting, voter registration, or the administration or outcome of an election, even if there is no target.

Glorification of gender-based violence that is either intimate partner violence or honor-based violence

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

We Remove:

Threats against law enforcement officers or election officials, regardless of their public figure status or credibility of the threat.

Threat: a coded statement that is one of the following:

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to engage in violence against others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call to action (e.g., content inviting or encouraging others to carry out violent acts or to join in carrying out the violent acts)

Context

Local context or expertise confirms that the statement in question could lead to imminent violence.

The target of the content or an authorized representative reports the content to us.

Targeting individual(s)

Targeting a specific location (state or smaller)

Where the target is not explicit

Defining terms and streamlining provisions in the policy on instructions on how to make weapons and explosives

26 Afrilu, 2024

Policy Rationale

We Remove:

We remove threats of violence against various targets. Threats of violence are statements or visuals representing an intention, aspiration, or call for violence against a target, and threats can be expressed in various types of statements such as statements of intent, calls for action, advocacy, aspirational statements and conditional statements.

Universal protections for everyone

Everyone is protected from the following threats:

Threats of violence that could lead to death (or other forms of high-severity violence)

Additional protections for Private Adults, All Children, high-risk persons and persons or groups based on their protected characteristics:

Other Violence

In addition to all of the protections listed above, we remove the following:

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless with context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example, part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Threats of violence related to voting, voter registration, or the administration or outcome of an election, even if there is no target.

Glorification of gender-based violence that is either intimate partner violence or honor-based violence

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

We Remove:

Threats against law enforcement officers or election officials, regardless of their public figure status or credibility of the threat.

Threat: a coded statement that is one of the following:

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to engage in violence against others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call to action (e.g., content inviting or encouraging others to carry out violent acts or to join in carrying out the violent acts)

Context

Local context or expertise confirms that the statement in question could lead to imminent violence.

The target of the content or an authorized representative reports the content to us.

Targeting individual(s)

Targeting a specific location (state or smaller)

Where the target is not explicit

Following our Policy Forum on “Praise of Violent Acts” in May 2023, we are updating our Violence and Incitement policy to clarify that content glorifying intimate partner violence or “honor”-based violence is not permitted on our services.

29 Sat, 2023

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) and admission of past violence targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence.

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence.

Statements advocating for high-severity violence.

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence.

Statements admitting to committing high-severity violence (in written or verbal form, or visually depicted by a perpetrator), except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defense or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap or abduct a target or that promotes, supports or advocates for kidnapping or abduction

Content that depicts kidnappings or abductions if it is clear the content is not being shared by a victim or their family as a plea for help, or shared for informational, condemnation or awareness raising purposes

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally-produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) and admission of past violence toward private individuals, unnamed specified persons, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Statements advocating violence, or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence, or

Statements admitting to committing mid-severity violence (in written or verbal form, or visually depicted by a perpetrator), except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defense, fight-sports context or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel.

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Calls for action of violence, or

Statements advocating for violence, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Threats that lead to physical harm (or other forms of lower-severity violence) towards private individuals (self-reporting required) or minor public figures where threat is defined as any of the following:

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there is evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction.

Unless when shared in a context of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by a Page or with a news logo).

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example, part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, conditional or aspirational statements, or advocating for violence due to voting, voter registration or the administration or outcome of an election

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring or take up armaments to locations (including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election) or locations where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence ~~or offline harm~~. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days. This includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence that targets these locations.

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to forcibly enter locations (including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election) where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence ~~or offline harm~~. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days.

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Violent threats against law enforcement officers.

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm.

Coded statements where the method of violence ~~or harm~~ is not clearly articulated, but the threat is veiled or implicit , as shown by the combination of both a threat signal and contextual signal from the list below.~~Meta looks at the below signals to determine whether there is a threat of harm in the content.~~

Threat: Content is a coded statement that is one of the following:

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to engage in violence against~~do something harmful to~~ others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

References to historical or fictional incidents of violence (e.g., content that threatens others by referring to known historical incidents of violence that have been executed throughout history or in fictional settings)

Acts as a threatening call-to-action (e.g. content inviting or encouraging others to carry out ~~harmful~~violent acts or to join in carrying out the ~~harmful~~violent acts)

Indicates knowledge of or shares sensitive information that could expose others to violence~~harm~~ (e.g. content that either makes note of or implies awareness of personal information that might make a threat of ~~physical~~ violence more credible. This includes implying knowledge of a person's residential address, their place of employment or education, daily commute routes or current location)

Context:

Local context or ~~subject matter~~ expertise confirms that the statement in question ~~could be threatening and/or~~ could lead to imminent violence ~~or physical harm~~.

The ~~subject of the threat~~ target of the content or an authorized representative reports the content to us.

Threats against election workers, including claims of election-related wrongdoing against private individuals when combined with a signal of violence or additional context that confirms that the claim could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

Implicit statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election (or encouraging others to do the same). We may also restrict calls to bring armaments to certain locations where there are temporarily signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days

This policy has been updated to refine language on depictions of high-severity violence.

23 Sat, 2023

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) and admission of past violence targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence.

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence.

Statements advocating for high-severity violence.

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence.

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally-produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Statements advocating violence, or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence, or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Calls for action of violence, or

Statements advocating for violence, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there is evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction.

Unless when shared in a context of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by a Page or with a news logo).

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring or take up armaments to locations (including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election) or locations where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days. This includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence that targets these locations.

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to forcibly enter locations (including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election) where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days.

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Violent threats against law enforcement officers.

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm.

Coded statements where the method of violence or harm is not clearly articulated, but the threat is veiled or implicit. Meta looks at the below signals to determine whether there is a threat of harm in the content.

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to do something harmful to others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call-to-action (e.g. content inviting or encouraging others to carry out harmful acts or to join in carrying out the harmful acts)

Indicates knowledge of or shares sensitive information that could expose others to harm (e.g. content that either makes note of or implies awareness of personal information that might make a threat of physical violence more credible. This includes implying knowledge of a person's residential address, their place of employment or education, daily commute routes or current location)

Local context or subject matter expertise confirms that the statement in question could be threatening and/or could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The subject of the threat reports the content to us.

This policy has been updated to refine language on depictions of high-severity violence.

27 Jan, 2023

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) and admission of past violence targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence.

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence.

Statements advocating for high-severity violence.

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence.

Statements admitting to committing high-severity violence except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defense or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel.

Content that asks for, offers, or, admits to offering ~~or offers~~ services of high-severity violence~~for hire to kill others~~ (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins , female genital mutilation) or advocates for the use of these services~~a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target~~

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally-produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Statements advocating violence, or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence, or

Statements admitting to committing mid-severity violence except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defense, fight-sports context or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel.

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Calls for action of violence, or

Statements advocating for violence, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there is evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction.

Unless ~~the aforementioned content is~~when shared in a context of~~as part of~~ recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by a Page or with a news logo).

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring or take up armaments to locations (including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election) or locations where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days. This includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence that targets these locations.

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to forcibly enter locations (including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election) where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days.

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Violent threats against law enforcement officers.

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm.

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to do something harmful to others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call-to-action (e.g. content inviting or encouraging others to carry out harmful acts or to join in carrying out the harmful acts)

Local context or subject matter expertise confirms that the statement in question could be threatening and/or could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The subject of the threat reports the content to us.

The policy has been updated with minor changes to refine language on services of high-severity violence.

24 Nuw, 2022

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) and admission of past violence targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence.

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence.

Statements advocating for high-severity violence.

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence.

Statements admitting to committing high-severity violence except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defense or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel.

Content that asks, admits to offering or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally-produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Statements advocating violence, or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence, or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Calls for action of violence, or

Statements advocating for violence, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there is evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction.

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self-defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by a Page or with a news logo).

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring or take up armaments~~weapons~~ to locations ,(including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election )or locations where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days. This includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence that targets these locations.~~(or encouraging others to do the same).~~

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to forcibly enter locations (including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election) where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there is a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days.

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Violent threats against law enforcement officers.

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm.

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to do something harmful to others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call-to-action (e.g. content inviting or encouraging others to carry out harmful acts or to join in carrying out the harmful acts)

Local context or subject matter expertise confirms that the statement in question could be threatening and/or could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The subject of the threat reports the content to us.

The policy will now remove statements of intent and advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to forcibly enter locations where there temporarily are signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm

30 Sat, 2022

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) and admission of past violence targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence.

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence.

Statements advocating for high-severity violence.

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence.

Statements admitting to committing high-severity violence except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defense or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel.

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally-produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Statements advocating violence, or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence, or

Statements admitting to committing mid-severity violence except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defene, fight-sports context or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel.

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Calls for action of violence, or

Statements advocating for violence, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there is evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction.

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by a Page or with a news logo).

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places or locations used to count votes or administer an election (or encouraging others to do the same).

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Violent threats against law enforcement officers.

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm.

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to do something harmful to others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call-to-action (e.g. content inviting or encouraging others to carry out harmful acts or to join in carrying out the harmful acts)

Local context or subject matter expertise confirms that the statement in question could be threatening and/or could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The subject of the threat reports the content to us.

Threats against election ~~officials~~workers, including claims of election-related wrongdoing against private individuals when combined with a signal of violence or additional context that confirms that the claim could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The policy is being updated to increase protections for election workers when there is additional context that the claims could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

25 Fab, 2022

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) and admission of past violence targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence.

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence.

Statements advocating for high-severity violence.

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence.

Statements admitting to committing high-severity violence except when shared in a context of redemption, self-defense or when committed by law enforcement, military or state security personnel.

Content that asks , admits to offering or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally-produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Statements advocating violence, or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence, or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Calls for action of violence, or

Statements advocating for violence, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

~~Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognisable at-risk group~~

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there is evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction.

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by a Page or with a news logo).

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

~~Content that puts LGBTQI+ people at risk by revealing their sexual identity against their will or without permission.~~

~~Content that puts unveiled women at risk by revealing their images without veil against their will or without permission.~~

~~Content that puts non-convicted individuals at risk by revealing their identity and their status as a target of a sting operation as a sexual predator.~~

Violent threats against law enforcement officers.

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm.

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.

Additionally, we have specific rules and guidance regarding content related to COVID-19 and vaccines. To see these specific rules please click here.

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to do something harmful to others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call-to-action (e.g. content inviting or encouraging others to carry out harmful acts or to join in carrying out the harmful acts)

Local context or subject matter expertise confirms that the statement in question could be threatening and/or could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The subject of the threat reports the content to us.

Threats against election officials

Policy language about outing individuals is being consolidated in the Coordinating Harm and Promoting Crime policy so policy language has been moved there. Policy language about the admission of high and mid-severity violence has also been moved from the Coordinating Harm and Promoting Crime policy.

25 Nuw, 2021

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence.

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence.

Statements advocating for high-severity violence.

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence.

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target

Content that depicts ~~abductions or~~ kidnappings or abductions if it is clear the content is not being shared by a victim or their family as a plea for help, or shared for informational, condemnation or awareness raising purposes

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally-produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) toward private individuals, unnamed specified persons, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Statements advocating violence, or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence, or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Calls for action of violence, or

Statements advocating for violence, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognisable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there is evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction.

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by a Page or with a news logo).

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Content that puts LGBTQI+ people at risk by revealing their sexual identity against their will or without permission.

Content that puts unveiled women at risk by revealing their images without veil against their will or without permission.

Content that puts non-convicted individuals at risk by revealing their identity and their status as a target of a sting operation as a sexual predator.

Violent threats against law enforcement officers.

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm.

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.

Additionally, we have specific rules and guidance regarding content related to COVID-19 and vaccines. To see these specific rules please click here.

Coded statements where the method of violence or harm is not clearly articulated, but the threat is veiled or implicit. Facebook looks at the below signals to determine whether there is a threat of harm in the content.

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to do something harmful to others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call-to-action (e.g. content inviting or encouraging others to carry out harmful acts or to join in carrying out the harmful acts)

Local context or subject matter expertise confirms that the statement in question could be threatening and/or could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The subject of the threat reports the content to us.

Threats against election officials

The policy has been updated to refine language on kidnappings and abductions to make it consistent throughout.

29 Okt, 2021

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence.

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence.

Statements advocating for high-severity violence.

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence.

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target

Content that depicts abductions or kidnappings if it is clear the content is not being shared by a victim or their family as a plea for help, or shared for informational, condemnation or awareness raising purposes

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally-produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Statements advocating violence, or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence, or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high-risk persons or high-risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence, or

Calls for action of violence, or

Statements advocating for violence, or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognisable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there is evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction.

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by a Page or with a news logo).

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Content that puts LGBTQI+ people at risk by revealing their sexual identity against their will or without permission.

Content that puts unveiled women at risk by revealing their images without veil against their will or without permission.

Content that puts non-convicted individuals at risk by revealing their identity and their status as a target of a sting operation as a sexual predator.

Violent threats against law enforcement officers.

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm.

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.

Additionally, we have specific rules and guidance regarding content related to COVID-19 and vaccines. To see these specific rules please click here.

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to do something harmful to others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call-to-action (e.g. content inviting or encouraging others to carry out harmful acts or to join in carrying out the harmful acts)

Local context or subject matter expertise confirms that the statement in question could be threatening and/or could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The subject of the threat reports the content to us.

Threats against election officials

The policy is being updated to clarify that for content where we have additional information and/or context may remove content that puts non-convicted individuals at risk by revealing their identity and the status as a target of a sting operation as a sexual predator.

5 May, 2021

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence

Statements advocating for high-severity violence

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment.

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) towards private individuals, unnamed specified persons, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognisable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election ( or encouraging others to do the same).

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Content that puts LGBTQI+ people at risk by revealing their sexual identity against their will or without permission

Content that puts unveiled women at risk by revealing their images without veil against their will or without permission

Violent threats against law enforcement officers

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm

Additionally, we have specific rules and guidance regarding content related to COVID-19 and vaccines. To see these specific rules please click here.

Shared in a retaliatory context (e.g., expressions of desire to do something harmful to others in response to a grievance or threat that may be real, perceived or anticipated)

Acts as a threatening call to action (e.g., content inviting or encouraging others to carry out harmful acts or to join in carrying out the harmful acts)

Indicates knowledge of or shares sensitive information that could expose others to harm (e.g., content that either makes note of or implies awareness of personal information that might make a threat of physical violence more credible. This includes implying knowledge of a person's residential address, their place of employment or education, daily commute routes, or current location)

Local context or subject matter expertise confirms that the statement in question could be threatening, and/or could lead to imminent violence or physical harm.

The subject of the threat reports the content to us.

Threats against election officials

Implicit statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election (or encouraging others to do the same). We may also restrict calls to bring armaments to certain locations where there are temporarily signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there’s a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days

9 Fab, 2021

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method that represents violence

Statements advocating for high-severity violence

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment.

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognisable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election ( or encouraging others to do the same).

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Content that puts LGBTQI+ people at risk by revealing their sexual identity against their will or without permission

Content that puts unveiled women at risk by revealing their images without veil against their will or without permission

Violent threats against law enforcement officers

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm

Additionally, we have specific rules and guidance regarding content related to COVID-19 and vaccines. To see these specific rules please click here.

Coded statements where the method of violence or harm is not clearly articulated, but the threat is veiled or implicit

Threats against election officials

Implicit statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election (or encouraging others to do the same). We may also restrict calls to bring armaments to certain locations where there are temporarily signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there’s a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days

29 Jan, 2021

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence ~~; or~~. This includes content where a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament or method to represent violence

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to or method thatrepresent s violence ~~; or~~

Statements advocating for high-severity violence ~~; or~~

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats of high-severity violence using digitally produced or altered imagery to target living people with armaments, methods of violence or dismemberment.

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

~~Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)~~

Content that exposes the identity or locations affiliated with any individual who is alleged to be a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group, share familial and/or romantic relationships with a member of an at-risk group or have performed professional activities in support of an at-risk group (except for political figures).

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognisable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives ~~: U~~, unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, conditional or aspirational statements, or advocating for violence due to voting, voter registration , or the administration ofor outcome of an election

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election ( or encouraging others to do the same).

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Content that puts LGBTQI+ people at risk by revealing their sexual identity against their will or without permission

Content that puts unveiled women at risk by revealing their images without veil against their will or without permission

Violent threats against law enforcement officers

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm

Coded statements where the method of violence or harm is not clearly articulated, but the threat is veiled or implicit

Threats against election officials

Implicit statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election (or encouraging others to do the same). We may also restrict calls to bring armaments to certain locations where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm.

Implicit statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election (or encouraging others to do the same). We may also restrict calls to bring armaments to certain locations where there are temporarily signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm. This may be the case, for example, when there’s a known protest and counter-protest planned or violence broke out at a protest in the same city within the last 7 days

19 Nuw, 2020

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

~~Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.~~

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election ( or encouraging others to do the same).

~~For the following content, we may require more information and/or context in order to enforce~~

~~Threats against election officials~~

For the following Community Standards, we require additional information and/or context to enforce:

Do not post:

Content that puts LGBTQI+ people at risk by revealing their sexual identity against their will or without permission

Content that puts unveiled women at risk by revealing their images without veil against their will or without permission

Violent threats against law enforcement officers

Violent threats against people accused of a crime. We remove this content when we have reason to believe that the content is intended to cause physical harm

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm

Coded statements where the method of violence or harm is not clearly articulated, but the threat is veiled or implicit

Threats against election officials

Implicit statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities, polling places, or locations used to count votes or administer an election (or encouraging others to do the same). We may also restrict calls to bring armaments to certain locations where there are temporary signals of a heightened risk of violence or offline harm.

4 Sat, 2020

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, conditional or aspirational statements, or advocating for ~~high or mid-severity~~ violence due to voting, voter registration, or the administration of outcome of an election

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities or polling places , or locations used to count votes or administer an election( or encouraging others to do the same).

For the following content, we may require more information and/or context in order to enforce

Threats against election officials

These policy updates reflect the additional steps we're taking to help secure the integrity of the election by encouraging voting, connecting people to authoritative information, and reducing the chances of post-election unrest. Read more about these changes here.

27 Yun, 2020

Policy Rationale

We aim to prevent potential offline harm that may be related to content on Facebook. While we understand that people commonly express disdain or disagreement by threatening or calling for violence in non-serious ways, we remove language that incites or facilitates serious violence. We remove content, disable accounts, and work with law enforcement when we believe there is a genuine risk of physical harm or direct threats to public safety. We also try to consider the language and context in order to distinguish casual statements from content that constitutes a credible threat to public or personal safety. In determining whether a threat is credible, we may also consider additional information like a person's public visibility and the risks to their physical safety.

In some cases, we see aspirational or conditional threats directed at terrorists and other violent actors (e.g. Terrorists deserve to be killed), and we deem those non credible absent specific evidence to the contrary.

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) ~~of any target(s)~~targeting people or places where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

~~Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group~~Content that exposes the identity or locations affiliated with any individual who is alleged to be a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group, share familial and/or romantic relationships with a member of an at-risk group or have performed professional activities in support of an at-risk group (except for political figures).

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship,educational facilities or polling places ( or encouraging others to do the same).

29 May, 2020

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) towards private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election

Misinformation and unverifiable rumors that contribute ~~contributes~~ to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship,educational facilities or polling places ( or encouraging others to do the same).

17 Dis, 2019

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) towards private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election

Misinformation that contributes to the risk of imminent violence or physical harm.

Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship,educational facilities or polling places (or encouraging others to do the same.)¹

¹ We have updated our policies to prohibit calls to action or statements of intent to bring weapons to polling places and educational facilities.

1 Dis, 2019

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) towards private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, high risk persons, or high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm.

~~Calls to action~~, Statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to bring ~~armaments~~weapons to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, educational facilities or polling places (or encouraging others to do the same.)¹

¹ We have updated our policies to prohibit calls to action or statements of intent to bring weapons to polling places and educational facilities.

30 Sat, 2019

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) towards private individuals, minor public figures, ~~vulnerable~~high risk persons, or ~~vulnerable~~high risk groups where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, ~~vulnerable~~high risk persons, or ~~vulnerable~~high risk groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election.

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm.

Calls to action, statements of intent to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, or encouraging others to do the same.

31 Yul, 2019

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Admissions, statements of intent or advocacy, calls to action, or aspirational or conditional statements to kidnap a target.

Threats that lead to serious injury (mid-severity violence) towards private individuals, minor public figures, vulnerable persons, or vulnerable groups where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence; or

Calls for mid-severity violence including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence; or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, vulnerable persons, or vulnerable groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election.

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm.

Calls to action, statements of intent to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, or encouraging others to do the same.

11 Yul, 2019

The language we previously used to describe our policies against violence and incitement was imprecise. We have since replaced it to more clearly explain the policy and underlying rationale.

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, or is described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses, wherein criminal/predator status has been established by media reports, market knowledge of news event, etc.) including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, or is described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses, wherein criminal/predator status has been established by media reports, market knowledge of news event, etc.); or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, or is described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses, wherein criminal/predator status has been established by media reports, market knowledge of news event, etc.)

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy, or is described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses, wherein criminal/predator status has been established by media reports, market knowledge of news event, etc.); or

Calls for mid-severity violence (unless the target is a member of a dangerous organization, or is described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses, wherein criminal/predator status has been established by media reports, market knowledge of news event, etc.) including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence (unless the target is a member of a dangerous organization, or is described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses, wherein criminal/predator status has been established by media reports, market knowledge of news event, etc.); or

Content about other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, vulnerable persons, or vulnerable groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election.

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm.

Calls to action, statements of intent to bring armaments to locations, including but not limited to places of worship, or encouraging others to do the same.

2 Yul, 2019

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Content that asks or offers services for hire to kill others (for example, hitmen, mercenaries, assassins) or advocates for the use of a hitman, mercenary or assassin against a target.

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence (unless the target ~~is an adult public figure convicted or accused of certain crimes or~~ is a member of a dangerous organization, or is described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses, wherein criminal/predator status has been established by media reports, market knowledge of news event, etc.); or

Other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, vulnerable persons, or vulnerable groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence (unless the target ~~is convicted of certain crimes or~~ is a member of a dangerous organization, or is described as having carried out violent crimes or sexual offenses, wherein criminal/predator status has been established by media reports, market knowledge of news event, etc.)

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show or simulate the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election.

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm

Calls to action, statements of intent to bring armaments to a vulnerable location, or encouraging others to do the same

27 Afrilu, 2019

Section 1: Violence and Incitement (New):

This change reflects our effort to enhance protections against violent speech. Over the past year, our conversations with external experts, academics and others has demonstrated that violent statements, regardless of credibility, have a negative effect on people. While we understand that people commonly express disdain or disagreement by threatening or calling for violence in non-serious ways, we will remove language that incites or facilitates serious violence.

Policy Rationale

Do not post:

Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following:

Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or

Calls for high-severity violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy)

Including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target and/or includes a visual of an armament to represent violence; or

Statements advocating for high-severity violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy); or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit high-severity violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy)

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Statements advocating violence (unless the target is an adult public figure convicted or accused of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organization); or

Calls for mid-severity violence (unless the target is a member of a dangerous organization) including content where no target is specified but a symbol represents the target; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence (unless the target is an adult public figure convicted or accused of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organization); or

Other target(s) apart from private individuals, minor public figures, vulnerable persons, or vulnerable groups and any credible:

Statements of intent to commit violence; or

Calls for action of violence; or

Statements advocating for violence; or

Aspirational or conditional statements to commit violence (unless the target is convicted of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organization)

Private individuals (name and/or face match are required) or minor public figures that includes:

Statements of intent, calls for action, advocating, aspirational or conditional statements to commit low-severity violence

Imagery of private individuals or minor public figures that has been manipulated to include threats of violence either in text or pictorial (adding bulls eye, dart, gun to head, etc.)

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if there’s evidence of a goal to seriously injure or kill people, through:

Language explicitly stating that goal, or

Photos or videos that show s or simulates the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless the aforementioned content is shared as part of recreational self defense, for military training purposes, commercial video games, or news coverage (posted by Page or with news logo)

Providing instructions on how to make or use explosives:

Unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example part of commercial video games, clear scientific/educational purpose, fireworks, or specifically for fishing)

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocating for high or mid-severity violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election.

Formerly Section 1: Credible Violence

In May 2019, we rewrote our policy on credible violence to enhance protections against violent speech. The updated policy has been renamed "Violence and Incitement." For informational purposes, we've maintained the text of the credible violence policy as it read before the rewrite, but please note that these sections have been superseded.

Policy Rationale

We aim to prevent potential real-world harm that may be related to content on Facebook. We understand that people commonly express disdain or disagreement by threatening or calling for violence in facetious and non-serious ways. That's why we try to consider the language, context and details in order to distinguish casual statements from content that constitutes a credible threat to public or personal safety. In determining whether a threat is credible, we may also consider additional information like a targeted person's public visibility and vulnerability. We remove content, disable accounts, and work with law enforcement when we believe there is a genuine risk of physical harm or direct threats to public safety.

Do not post:

The following threats:

Credible statements of intent to commit violence against any person, groups of people, or place (city or smaller). We assess credibility based upon the information available to us and generally consider statements credible if the following are present:

A target (person, group of people, or place) and

Bounty/demand for payment, or

Mention or image of specific weapon, or

Sales offer or ask to purchase weapon, or

Spelled-out address or named building, or

A target and two or more of the following details (can be two of the same detail):

Location

Timing

Method

Any statement of intent to commit violence against a vulnerable person (identified by name, title, image, or other reference) or vulnerable group, including (but not limited to) heads-of-state, witnesses and confidential informants, activists, and journalists

Calls for violence or statements advocating violence against the following targets (identified by name, title, image, or other reference)

Any vulnerable person or group including (but not limited to) heads of state, national elected officials, witnesses and confidential informants, activists, and journalists

Public individuals, if credible as defined above

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Where no target is specified but a symbol representing the target or a visual of weapons is included

Aspirational and conditional statements of violence against

Any vulnerable groups

Public individuals, if credible (unless the individual is convicted of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organization)

Vulnerable person(s), if credible

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people as may be evident from:

As evident from language explicitly stating that goal, or

As evident from imagery that shows or simulates the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Unless there is clear context that the content is for an alternative purpose (for example, shared as part of recreational self-defense activities, training by a country’s military, commercial video games, or news coverage)

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example, clear scientific/educational purpose use or fireworks)

Exposure of vulnerable individuals' identities without their permission

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, representation, support or ~~advocation~~advocating¹ for violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election²

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm³

¹ Updated May 2018.
² Updated October 2018 with the following annotation: "For more information on this specific update to our policy, please visit the blog post we put out on expanding our voter suppression policies: Expanding Our Policies on Voter Suppression"
³Updated July 2018.

29 Dis, 2018

Do not post:

The following threats:

A target (person, group of people, or place) and

Bounty/demand for payment, or

Mention or image of specific weapon, or

Sales offer or ask to purchase weapon, or

Spelled-out address or named building, or

A target and two or more of the following details (can be two of the same detail):

Location

Timing

Method

Calls for violence or statements advocating violence against the following targets (identified by name, title, image, or other reference)

Any vulnerable person or group including (but not limited to) heads of state, national elected officials, witnesses and confidential informants, activists, and journalists

Public individuals, if credible as defined above

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Where no target is specified but a symbol representing the target or a visual of weapons is included

Aspirational and conditional statements of violence against

Any vulnerable groups

Public individuals, if credible (unless the individual is convicted of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organization)

Vulnerable person(s), if credible

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people as may be evident from:

As evident from language explicitly stating that goal, or

As evident from imagery that shows or simulates the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example, clear scientific/educational purpose use or fireworks)

Exposure of vulnerable individuals' identities without their permission

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or ~~advocation~~advocating for violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm

16 Okt, 2018

Do not post:

The following threats:

A target (person, group of people, or place) and

Bounty/demand for payment, or

Mention or image of specific weapon, or

Sales offer or ask to purchase weapon, or

Spelled-out address or named building, or

A target and two or more of the following details (can be two of the same detail):

Location

Timing

Method

Calls for violence or statements advocating violence against the following targets (identified by name, title, image, or other reference)

Any vulnerable person or group including (but not limited to) heads of state, national elected officials, witnesses and confidential informants, activists, and journalists

Public individuals, if credible as defined above

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Where no target is specified but a symbol representing the target or a visual of weapons is included

Aspirational and conditional statements of violence against

Any vulnerable groups

Public individuals, if credible (unless the individual is convicted of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organization)

Vulnerable person(s), if credible

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people as may be evident from:

As evident from language explicitly stating that goal, or

As evident from imagery that shows or simulates the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example, clear scientific/educational purpose use or fireworks)

Exposure of vulnerable individuals' identities without their permission

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, or advocation for violence due to voting, voter registration, or the outcome of an election

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm

For more information on this specific update to our policy, please visit the blog post we put out on expanding our voter suppression policies: Expanding Our Policies on Voter Suppression

28 Yul, 2018

Do not post:

The following threats:

A target (person, group of people, or place) and

Bounty/demand for payment, or

Mention or image of specific weapon, or

Sales offer or ask to purchase weapon, or

Spelled-out address or named building, or

A target and two or more of the following details (can be two of the same detail):

Location

Timing

Method

Calls for violence or statements advocating violence against the following targets (identified by name, title, image, or other reference)

Any vulnerable person or group including (but not limited to) heads of state, national elected officials, witnesses and confidential informants, activists, and journalists

Public individuals, if credible as defined above

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Where no target is specified but a symbol representing the target or a visual of weapons is included

Aspirational and conditional statements of violence against

Any vulnerable groups

Public individuals, if credible (unless the individual is convicted of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organization)

Vulnerable person(s), if credible

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people as may be evident from:

As evident from language explicitly stating that goal, or

As evident from imagery that shows or simulates the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example, clear scientific/educational purpose use or fireworks)

Exposure of vulnerable individuals' identities without their permission

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, representation, support or advocation for violence due to the outcome of an election

Misinformation that contributes to imminent violence or physical harm.

26 May, 2018

Do not post:

The following threats:

A target (person, group of people, or place) and

Bounty/demand for payment, or

Mention or image of specific weapon, or

Sales offer or ask to purchase weapon, or

Spelled-out address or named building, or

A target and two or more of the following details (can be two of the same detail):

Location

Timing

Method

Calls for violence or statements advocating violence against the following targets (identified by name, title, image, or other reference)

Any vulnerable person or group including (but not limited to) heads of state, national elected officials, witnesses and confidential informants, activists, and journalists

Public individuals, if credible as defined above

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Where no target is specified but a symbol representing the target or a visual of weapons is included

Aspirational and conditional statements of violence against

Any vulnerable groups

Public individuals, if credible (unless the individual is convicted of certain crimes or is a member of a dangerous organization)

Vulnerable person(s), if credible

Groups of people or unnamed specific person(s), if credible

Places, if credible

Any content created for the express purpose of outing an individual as a member of a designated and recognizable at-risk group

Instructions on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people as may be evident from:

As evident from language explicitly stating that goal, or

As evident from imagery that shows or simulates the end result (serious injury or death) as part of the instruction

Instructions on how to make or use explosives, unless there is clear context that the content is for a non-violent purpose (for example, clear scientific/educational purpose use or fireworks)

Exposure of vulnerable individuals' identities without their permission

Any content containing statements of intent, calls for action, representation, support or advocation for violence due to the outcome of an election

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