Violence and Incitement

We aim to prevent potential offline harm that may be related to content on Facebook. While we understand that people commonly edddxpress 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.

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Prevalence

How prevalent were violence and incitement violations?

Content Actioned

How much violence and incitement content did we take action on?

Proactive Rate

Of the violating content we actioned for violence and incitement, how much did we find and action before people reported it?

Correcting mistakes

People can appeal our decisions, unless there are extreme safety concerns. We restore content we incorrectly removed or when circumstances change. Restores can happen from appeals or when we identify issues ourselves.

Appealed Content

How much of the content we actioned for violence and incitement did people appeal?

Restored Content

How much actioned content for violence and incitement were later restored?