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Content Alleged to Violate Iraqi Law • Oct 2025 • Iraq 🇮🇶

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We received 57 notices from the National Contact Point of Iraq - an entity created by order of the Prime Minister to manage digital content in Iraq and made up of representatives from various government departments and agencies, and the judiciary - to restrict access to 26 Facebook pages and Instagram accounts and 319 Facebook and Instagram posts. The notices cited Federal Supreme Court Decisions No. 325 & 331 of 2023 and Article 229, 242, 272, 402, 403 & 433 of the Iraqi Penal Code. Risks of non-compliance with a notice from the National Contact Point include potential ads ban and blocking of payments to Meta by the Central Bank.
Result
We removed 116 pieces of content for violating Community Standards. We restricted access to 264 Facebook and Instagram posts allegedly containing defamatory statements and insults against the Prime Minister, the Army Chief, the Ministry of Finance and Investment Authority, Communication and Media Commission, Iraqi judiciary, and allegedly containing digitally manipulated and AI-generated content, and leaked government documents, for alleged violation of local law and notified the impacted users. We took no action on 19 Facebook pages and Instagram accounts that were purported to contain criticism of government officials, corruption allegations, and allegedly leaked government documents.

Content Alleged to Violate Iraqi Law • Oct 2025 • Iraq 🇮🇶

Request
We received 37 notices from the National Contact Point of Iraq - an entity created by order of the Prime Minister to manage digital content in Iraq and made up of representatives from various government departments and agencies, and the judiciary - to restrict access to 19 Facebook pages and Instagram accounts and 121 Facebook and Instagram posts citing Federal Supreme Court Decisions No. 325 & 331 of 2023 and Article 229, 200 & 403 of the Iraqi Penal Code. Risks of non-compliance with a notice from the National Contact Point include potential ads ban and blocking of payments to Meta by the Central Bank.
Result
The reported items did not violate Meta’s Community Standards. We restricted access to 121 Facebook and Instagram posts allegedly containing defamatory statements and insults against public officials and political figures, including accusations of theft, nepotism, and corruption against the Prime Minister, the Minister of Higher Education, the National Olympic Committee, the Minister of Interior and Minister of Electricity, and allegedly containing leaked and allegedly digitally manipulated internal voice memos and government documents, for alleged violation of local law and notified the impacted users. We took no action on 19 Facebook pages and Instagram accounts that were reported to contain criticism of government officials, corruption allegations, and news and commentary on general political developments.

Content Alleged to Violate Iraqi Law • Oct 2025 • Iraq 🇮🇶

Request
We received 17 notices from the National Contact Point of Iraq - an entity created by order of the Prime Minister to manage digital content in Iraq and made up of representatives from various government departments and agencies, and the judiciary - to restrict access to 13 Facebook pages and 65 Facebook posts citing Federal Supreme Court Decisions No. 325 & 331 of 2023 and Article 229 of the Iraqi Penal Code. Risks of non-compliance with a notice from the National Contact Point include potential ads ban and blocking of payments to Meta by the Central Bank.
Result
The reported items did not violate Meta’s Community Standards. We restricted access to 62 Facebook posts allegedly containing defamatory statements and insults against the Prime Minister; defamatory claims about a government-backed project at Baghdad Airport; misinformation about national ID issuance to Syrians; manipulated and AI-generated content mocking the Prime Minister, judiciary, and other government officials; claims and misleading videos criticising political candidates in the November elections and accusing them of corruption, misconduct and unfitness for office; criticism of government performance and corruption allegations; caricatures mocking politicians; religiously charged insults; and references to alleged government intimidation of protesters, for alleged violation of local law and notified the impacted users. We took no action on 13 Facebook pages that were reported as containing criticism of government officials, corruption allegations, and leaked government documents. We also took no action in response to 3 Facebook posts that were described as containing videos alleged to defame election candidates and a video reporting on an alleged vote-selling operation by the National Security Service.

Content Alleged to Violate Turkish Law • Aug 2025 • Türkiye 🇹🇷

Request
We received multiple orders from the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) from Turkiye to restrict access to 12 Facebook posts and 6 Instagram posts under Article 8/A of Türkiye’s Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Broadcasts via Internet and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts. The items contained a song critical of Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Risks of non-compliance with a decision under Article 8/A, paragraph 1, include potential administrative fines, an ads ban for up to 6 months, and throttling access to our services.
Result
The reported content did not violate Meta’s Community Standards. We restricted access to the content in Türkiye for violating local law and notified the impacted users.

Content Alleged to Violate Iraqi Law • Oct 2025 • Iraq 🇮🇶

Request
We received two notices from the National Contact Point of Iraq - an entity created by order of the Prime Minister to manage digital content in Iraq and made up of representatives from various government departments and agencies, and the judiciary - to restrict access to 2 Facebook posts citing Federal Supreme Court Decisions No. 325 & 331 of 2023 and Article 229 of the Iraqi Penal Code. The items reportedly contained accusations of corruption and bias involving high-ranking judicial officials. Risks of non-compliance with a notice from the National Contact Point of Iraq include potential ads ban and blocking of payments to Meta by the Central Bank.
Result
The reported items did not violate Meta’s Community Standards. We restricted access to the 2 items in Iraq for alleged violation of local law and notified the impacted users.

Content Alleged to Violate Tanzanian Law • Oct 2025 • Tanzania 🇹🇿

Request
The Tanzanian Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) requested to restrict access to 17 items for allegedly violating various laws including the Penal Code, and Cybercrime and National Security Acts posted by a US-based user. The items included allegations of corruption related to President Samia Suluhu Hassan and calls for peaceful protests during the October 29 presidential elections. The risks of not complying with the request included blocking Meta's platforms in Tanzania.
Result
We removed 2 pieces of content for violating Community Standards, restricted access to 15 items in Tanzania and notified the impacted users.

Content Alleged to Violate Kazakhstan’s Law • Oct 2025 • Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

Request
We received a content takedown demand from the Ministry of Culture and Information to restrict access to 15 Instagram posts containing calls for peaceful protests on October 25, 2025. The content is posted by accounts associated with Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) and its founder, Mukhtar Ablyazov. The notice cites a 2018 Esil District Court of Astana ruling that declared DCK an extremist organization and prohibits all of its activities throughout the territory of Kazakhstan, including on internet resources operating within the Kazakhstani segment of the Internet. The risks of not complying with the request included throttling access to Meta's services in Kazakhstan.
Result
The reported content does not violate Meta’s Community Standards. We restricted access to the content in Kazakhstan for violating local law and notified the impacted users.