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To protect survivors, we remove images that depict incidents of sexual violence and intimate images shared without the consent of the person(s) pictured. As noted in the introduction, we also work with external safety experts to discuss and improve our policies and enforcement around online safety issues, and we may remove content when we receive information that content is linked to harmful activity. We have written about the technology that we use to protect against non-consensual intimate images and the research that has informed our work. We've also put together a guide to reporting and removing intimate images shared without your consent.
Content depicting, advocating for or mocking non-consensual sexual touching, including:
Content that attempts to exploit people by:
Content relating to necrophilia or forced stripping, including:
Narratives and statements that contain a description of non-consensual sexual touching (written or verbal) that includes details beyond mere naming or mentioning the act if:
We may restrict visibility to people over the age of 18 and include a warning label on certain content including:
We may restrict visibility to people over the age of 18 and include a warning label on certain content depicting non-consensual sexual touching, when it is shared to raise awareness and without entertainment or sensational context, where the victim or survivor is not identifiable and where the content does not involve nudity.
In addition to our at-scale policy of removing content that threatens or advocates rape or other non-consensual sexual touching, we may also disable the posting account.
We may also enforce on content shared by a third party that identifies survivors of sexual assault when reported by an authorised representative or trusted partner.
See some examples of what enforcement looks like for people on Facebook, such as: what it looks like to report something that you don't think should be on Facebook, to be told that you've violated our Community Standards and to see a warning screen over certain content.
Note: We're always improving, so what you see here may be slightly outdated compared to what we currently use.
We have an option to report, whether it's on a post, a comment, a story, a message or something else.
We help people report things that they don't think should be on our platform.
We ask people to tell us more about what's wrong. This helps us send the report to the right place.
Make sure that the details are correct before you click Submit. It's important that the problem selected truly reflects what was posted.
After these steps, we submit the report. We also lay out what people should expect next.
We remove things if they go against our Community Standards, but you can also unfollow, block or unfriend to avoid seeing posts in future.
After we've reviewed the report, we'll send the reporting user a notification.
We'll share more details about our review decision in the Support Inbox. We'll notify people that this information is there and send them a link to it.
If people think we made the wrong decision, they can request another review.
We'll send a final response after we've re-reviewed the content, again to the Support Inbox.
When someone posts something that doesn't follow our rules, we'll tell them.
We'll also address common misperceptions and explain why we made the decision to enforce.
We'll give people easy-to-understand explanations about the relevant rule.
If people disagree with the decision, they can ask for another review and provide more information.
We set expectations about what will happen after the review has been submitted.
We have the same policies around the world, for everyone on Facebook.
Our global team of over 15,000 reviewers work every day to keep people on Facebook safe.
Outside experts, academics, NGOs and policymakers help inform the Facebook Community Standards.
Learn what you can do if you see something on Facebook that goes against our Community Standards.