Introduction

Every day, people use Facebook to share their experiences, connect with friends and family, and build communities. It's a service for more than two billion people to freely express themselves across countries and cultures and in dozens of languages. Meta recognises how important it is for Facebook to be a place where people feel empowered to communicate, and we take our role seriously in keeping abuse off the service. That's why we developed standards for what is and isn't allowed on Facebook. These standards are based on feedback from people and the advice of experts in fields such as technology,

Our commitment to voice

The goal of our Community Standards is to create a place for expression and give people a voice. Meta wants people to be able to talk openly about the issues that matter to them, whether through written comments, photos, music or other artistic mediums, even if some may disagree or find them objectionable. In some cases, we allow content – which would otherwise go against our standards – if it's newsworthy and in the public interest. We do this only after weighing the public interest value against the risk of harm, and we look to international human rights standards to make these

Violence and criminal behaviour

Safety

Objectionable content

Integrity and authenticity