Facebook

Report March 2025

Submitted
Commitment 21
Relevant Signatories commit to strengthen their efforts to better equip users to identify Disinformation. In particular, in order to enable users to navigate services in an informed way, Relevant Signatories commit to facilitate, across all Member States languages in which their services are provided, user access to tools for assessing the factual accuracy of sources through fact-checks from fact-checking organisations that have flagged potential Disinformation, as well as warning labels from other authoritative sources.
We signed up to the following measures of this commitment
Measure 21.1 Measure 21.2 Measure 21.3
In line with this commitment, did you deploy new implementation measures (e.g. changes to your terms of service, new tools, new policies, etc)?
No
If yes, list these implementation measures here
As mentioned in our previous report, we updated our fact-checking program guidelines to clarify that our existing policies allow fact-checkers to rate digitally created or edited content - including through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) - when content risks misleading people about something consequential that has no basis in fact. We also employed measures to improve fact-checkers ability to apply their ratings to fake or manipulated audio content.
Do you plan to put further implementation measures in place in the next 6 months to substantially improve the maturity of the implementation of this commitment?
No
If yes, which further implementation measures do you plan to put in place in the next 6 months?
As mentioned in our baseline report, our policies are based on years of experience and expertise in safety combined with external input from experts around the world. 

Commitment 21 covers the current practices for Facebook in the EU. In keeping with Meta’s public announcements on 7 January 2025, we will continue to assess the applicability of this chapter to Facebook and Instagram and we will keep under review whether it is appropriate to make alterations in light of changes in our practices, such as the deployment of Community Notes.

Measure 21.1
Relevant Signatories will further develop and apply policies, features, or programs across Member States and EU languages to help users benefit from the context and insights provided by independent fact-checkers or authoritative sources, for instance by means of labels, such as labels indicating fact-checker ratings, notices to users who try to share or previously shared the rated content, information panels, or by acting upon content notified by fact-checkers that violate their policies.
Facebook
QRE 21.1.1
Relevant Signatories will report on the policies, features, or programs they deploy to meet this Measure and on their availability across Member States.
As mentioned in our baseline report, Meta partners with  over 45 Independent third-party fact-checkers certified through the non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) and European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN) in Europe. In the EU specifically we work with over 29 partners, covering 23 languages, and 26 countries. 

The list of fact-checkers with whom we partner across the EU is in QRE 30.1.2. 

Fact-checkers review a piece of content and rate its accuracy. This process occurs independently from Meta. The ratings fact-checkers can use are False, Altered, Partly false, Missing context, Satire and True. Further details are shared on our Transparency Centre on these ratings. While we are responsible for setting these guidelines, fact-checkers review and rate content independently – we do not make changes to ratings.

When content has been rated by fact-checkers, we take action to (1) label it, (2) ensure less people see it, and (3) sanction repeat offenders. 

There is more detail on all the actions taken under QRE 31.1 as well as in our baseline report. 

SLI 21.1.1
Relevant Signatories will report through meaningful metrics on actions taken under Measure 21.1, at the Member State level. At the minimum, the metrics will include: total impressions of fact-checks; ratio of impressions of fact-checks to original impressions of the fact-checked content–or if these are not pertinent to the implementation of fact-checking on their services, other equally pertinent metrics and an explanation of why those are more adequate.
1. Number of distinct articles written by 3PFCs that were used to apply a fact-checking label to content on Facebook from 01/07/2024 to 31/12/2024.* 
2. Number of distinct pieces of content viewed on Facebook that were treated with a fact-checking label due to a falsity assessment by third party fact checkers between 01/07/2024 to 31/12/2024..
3. Rate of reshare non-completion among the unique attempts by users to reshare a content on Facebook that was treated with a fact-checking label in EU member state countries from 01/07/2024 to 31/12/2024..

*This metric shows the number of distinct fact-checking articles written by Meta’s 3PFC partners and utilised to label content in each EU member state. As articles may be used in multiple countries, and several articles may be used to label a piece of content, the total sum of articles utilised for all member states exceeds the number of distinct articles created in the EU (150,000). This is expected. 

Country Total impressions of fact-checks Ratio of impressions of fact-checks to original impressions of fact-checked content Reach of labels/ fact-checkers and other authoritative sources Other pertinent metric
Austria Over 45,000 Over 850,000 41% 0
Belgium Over 55,000 Over 1,200,000 46% 0
Bulgaria Over 34,000 Over 720,000 51% 0
Croatia Over 33,000 Over 510,000 46% 0
Cyprus Over 28,000 Over 260,000 56% 0
Czech Republic Over 36,000 Over 770,000 35% 0
Denmark Over 38,000 Over 620,000 40% 0
Estonia Over 17,000 Over 110,000 35% 0
Finland Over 32,000 Over 290,000 39% 0
France Over 78,000 Over 5,000,000 54% 0
Germany Over 89,000 Over 4,800,000 42% 0
Greece Over 45,000 Over 1,100,000 51% 0
Hungary Over 34,000 Over 590,000 54% 0
Ireland Over 48,000 Over 790,000 44% 0
Italy Over 80,000 Over 5,000,000 54% 0
Latvia Over 18,000 Over 210,000 39% 0
Lithuania Over 24,000 Over 280,000 47% 0
Luxembourg Over 21,000 Over 120,000 43% 0
Malta Over 21,000 Over 120,000 58% 0
Netherlands Over 60,000 Over 1,300,000 41% 0
Poland Over 53,000 Over 2,000,000 43% 0
Portugal Over 52,000 Over 1,400,000 58% 0
Romania Over 45,000 Over 1,500,000 35% 0
Slovakia Over 28,000 Over 470,000 39% 0
Slovenia Over 24,000 Over 280,000 37% 0
Spain Over 74,000 Over 4,000,000 56% 0
Sweden Over 51,000 Over 850,000 45% 0