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.
Testing product and safety features is an important part of improving our platform and something that’s standard in tech and many other industries. It helps us build the tools to reduce the prevalence of hate speech and other types of problematic content on our platform.
Through this testing we designate a small subset of content that violates our Community Standards to “hold out” from immediate enforcement. These holdouts provide a way to understand the impact of our integrity efforts while giving a baseline to compare where an action has been taken and where it has not.
While holdouts provide us with critical insights that inform our enforcement efforts, the safety of the community is prioritized. To do so, we still enforce on any content that is held out in this way - after a brief delay of up to but not more than 7 days - this allows us to collect the data we need to measure the effectiveness of our efforts. Enforcement on severe content violations, such as child exploitative imagery, is never delayed as a part of these holdouts.
Holdouts are an important tool for enabling measurement of changes in enforcement, understanding how our enforcement efforts are helping reduce prevalence and helping us prioritize our Integrity investments where they have the biggest impact.
