Community Standards Enforcement Report
Overview

Community Standards Enforcement Report

We want Facebook and Instagram to be places where people have a voice. To create conditions where everyone feels comfortable expressing themselves, we must also protect their safety, privacy, dignity and authenticity. This is why we have the Community Standards, which define what is and is not allowed in our community.

Q2 2025 report

We publish the Community Standards Enforcement Report on a quarterly basis to more effectively track our progress and demonstrate our continued commitment to making Facebook and Instagram safe and inclusive.

What's new

In this August 2025 quarterly report, we share updated metrics for the reporting period from April to June 2025, detailing our progress on content that violates our policies.

Facebook and Instagram policies

Facebook and Instagram share content policies. Content that is considered violating on Facebook is also considered violating on Instagram. Throughout this report, we link to our Community Standards, which include the most comprehensive descriptions of these policies.

As we improve our methodologies, measure violations in more languages or across new parts of Facebook and Instagram and update our policies, the way we define and measure enforcement may change. As a result, historical comparisons may be imperfect.

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Key Takeaways for Q2 2025

Since we began our efforts to reduce over-enforcement, we’ve cut enforcement mistakes in the U.S. by more than 75% on a weekly basis.
In addition, during Q2 2025, prevalence of violating content continued to remain relatively consistent across most areas, with two exceptions:
- Reported prevalence of adult nudity and sexual activity appeared to increase on Instagram due to improvements in our measurement of these violations. There was no actual increase in views of the violating content.
- Prevalence of violent and graphic content increased on Facebook as a result of changes we made to reduce mistakes. We have since taken additional measures to mitigate this increase – including enhancing our enforcement guidance – and continue to monitor these changes.