Facebook Community Standards
Policies that outline what is and isn't allowed on the Facebook app.
Instagram Community Guidelines
Policies that outline what is and isn't allowed on the Instagram app.
Meta Advertising Standards
Policies for ad content and business assets.
Other policies
Other policies that apply to Meta technologies.
How Meta improves
How we update our policies, measure results, work with others, and more.
Our approach to the opioid epidemic
How we support communities in the face of the opioid epidemic.
Our approach to elections
How we help prevent interference, empower people to vote and more.
Our approach to misinformation
How we work with independent fact-checkers, and more, to identify and take action on misinformation.
Our approach to newsworthy content
How we assess content for newsworthiness.
Our approach to Facebook Feed ranking
How we reduce problematic content in News Feed.
Our approach to explaining ranking
How we build AI systems.
Content Library and Content Library API
Comprehensive access to public data from Facebook and Instagram
Ad Library tools
Comprehensive and searchable database of all ads currently running across Meta technologies
Other research tools and datasets
Additional tools for in-depth research on Meta technologies and programs
Community Standards Enforcement Report
Quarterly report on how well we're doing at enforcing our policies on the Facebook app and Instagram.
Intellectual Property
Report on how well we're helping people protect their intellectual property.
Government Requests for User Data
Report on government request for people's data.
Content Restrictions Based on Local Law
Report on when we restrict content that's reported to us as violating local law.
Internet Disruptions
Report on intentional internet restrictions that limit people's ability to access the internet.
Widely Viewed Content Report
Quarterly report on what people see on Facebook, including the content that receives the widest distribution during the quarter.
Regulatory and Other Transparency Reports
Download current and past regulatory reports for Facebook and Instagram.
Fact-checkers review and rate public posts on the Facebook app, Instagram and Threads, including ads, articles, photos, videos, Reels, audio and text-only content. In the spirit of free expression, they typically don’t interfere with opinions and debate, content that’s clearly satirical or humorous or business disputes.
Prioritize
Viral false information.
Hoaxes that have no clear basis in fact.
Provably false claims that are timely, trending and consequential.
Not eligible to be fact-checked
Content that doesn’t include a verifiable claim.
Content that was true at the time of writing.
General opinion content, as long as it doesn’t spread false information. (Note: Fact-checkers use their judgment to determine whether content is actually opinion or whether it is masking false information in the guise of opinion, and to rate it as appropriate in these circumstances.)
Opinion and speech from politicians.
Claims that are inconsequential, contain minor inaccuracies, or media that is only altered for quality or clarity.
Digitally created or edited media containing one of Meta’s AI transparency labels or watermarks on the basis of its authenticity (Note: Fact-checkers may rate a post when it contains a false claim separate from the use of digitally created or edited media).
Prioritize
Not eligible to be fact-checked
Viral false information.
Hoaxes that have no clear basis in fact.
Provably false claims that are timely, trending and consequential.
Content that doesn’t include a verifiable claim.
Content that was true at the time of writing.
General opinion content, as long as it doesn’t spread false information. (Note: Fact-checkers use their judgment to determine whether content is actually opinion or whether it is masking false information in the guise of opinion, and to rate it as appropriate in these circumstances.)
Opinion and speech from politicians.
Claims that are inconsequential, contain minor inaccuracies, or media that is only altered for quality or clarity.
Digitally created or edited media containing one of Meta’s AI transparency labels or watermarks on the basis of its authenticity (Note: Fact-checkers may rate a post when it contains a false claim separate from the use of digitally created or edited media).
