What content is allowed on Facebook’s services?
Facebook builds services for you to express your voice.
Building community and bringing the world closer together depends on people’s ability to share their own voice, to be heard, to exchange diverse views, experiences, ideas and information.
For people to express themselves, they need to be safe.
We don’t allow content that threatens the safety or dignity of people. We define this content in detail in our Community Standards. We find and remove it through a combination of technology and people.
That means we don’t remove things that are controversial or untrue.
We want people to talk openly about the issues that matter to them, which leads to the exchange of ideas and debate. The answer to misinformation can’t be less information – but more context.
But we do provide context so people can make their own decisions.
People need to decide what to believe for themselves, with as much of the story as possible. That’s why we partner with third party fact-checkers to provide context when they’ve rated an article as false. We also take steps to stop misinformation from going viral.
Is this post allowed?
Determine which of these posts are allowed on Facebook’s services.
Keeping us accountable
User Review
& Appeal
People can report content that we missed, or appeal a decision for reconsideration if they believe something has been taken down in error.
Oversight Board
A new model for oversight focused on independent decision-making. This global board of experts will review Facebook’s most difficult and significant content decisions on Facebook and Instagram, make binding decisions on that content and be able to issue policy recommendations.
Community Standards Enforcement Report
A bi-annual report that measures the progress we've made to prevent and take action on violating content.