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.
We are committed to publishing regular updates to give our community visibility into our responses to the Oversight Board’s independent decisions about some of the most difficult content decisions Meta makes. These quarterly updates are designed to provide regular check-ins on the progress of this long-term work and share more about how Meta approaches decisions and recommendations from the board.
These updates provide (1) information about cases that Meta has referred to the board and (2) updates on our progress on implementing the board’s recommendations.
Our Move to a Biannual Cadence
As we communicated in our Q4 2023 update, Meta and the Board made the decision to shift from a quarterly to a biannual reporting cadence for Oversight Board recommendation implementation work. This allows Meta Integrity teams to prioritize implementing the Board’s recommendations in spite of bandwidth and resource constraints and to align public reporting timelines with the per-half roadmaps our team's use internally to set goals and drive towards them. We expect this refreshed approach to lead to more fulsome and meaningful public progress updates and fewer repetitive appendix entries.
Breakdown of Policy Violations by Region
