Militarized Social Movements and Violence-Inducing Conspiracy Networks

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Militarized Social Movements and Violence-Inducing Conspiracy Networks

Ads must not contain praise, support or representation of individuals or groups designated by Meta under Tier 3 of the Community Standards Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy.

Overview

This policy provides specific additional protections beyond what is prohibited per the Community Standards’ Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy.

Guidelines

Ads can’t:

  • Praise a designated individuals or groups with ties to violence, including praise through claiming a relationship with them or aligning with them
  • Represent a designated organization with ties to violence, including representation through the use of symbols, or quotes of leaders, founders, or prominent members
  • Support a designated organization with ties to violence, including support through merchandising or requests for financing
Reporting
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Universal entry point

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Get started

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Select a problem

We ask people to tell us more about what’s wrong. This helps us send the report to the right place.

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Check your report

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Report submitted

After these steps, we submit the report. We also lay out what people should expect next.

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More options

We remove things if they go against our Community Standards, but you can also Unfollow, Block or Unfriend to avoid seeing posts in future.

Post-report communication
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Update via notifications

After we’ve reviewed the report, we’ll send the reporting user a notification.

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More detail in the Support Inbox

We’ll share more details about our review decision in the Support Inbox. We’ll notify people that this information is there and send them a link to it.

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Appeal option

If people think we got the decision wrong, they can request another review.

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Post-appeal communication

We’ll send a final response after we’ve re-reviewed the content, again to the Support Inbox.

Takedown experience
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Immediate notification

When someone posts something that doesn't follow our rules, we’ll tell them.

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Additional context

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Policy Explanation

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Option for review

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Final decision

We set expectations about what will happen after the review has been submitted.

Warning screens
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Warning screens in context

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More information

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Enforcement

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Review teams

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Stakeholder engagement

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