Transparency Center

Report September 2025

Submitted

Commitment 31

Relevant Signatories commit to integrate, showcase, or otherwise consistently use fact-checkers' work in their platforms' services, processes, and contents; with full coverage of all Member States and languages.

We signed up to the following measures of this commitment

Measure 31.1 and 31.2

In line with this commitment, did you deploy new implementation measures (e.g. changes to your terms of service, new tools, new policies, etc)?

If yes, list these implementation measures here

There have been no updates since the last submitted report.

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?

If yes, which further implementation measures do you plan to put in place in the next 6 months?

As currently drafted, this chapter covers the current practices for Facebook and Instagram 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 31.1 and 31.2

31.1: Relevant Signatories that showcase User Generated Content (UGC) will integrate, showcase, or otherwise consistently use independent fact-checkers’ work in their platforms’ services, processes, and contents across all Member States and across formats relevant to the service. Relevant Signatories will collaborate with fact-checkers to that end, starting by conducting and documenting research and testing. 31.2: Relevant Signatories that integrate fact-checks in their products or processes will ensure they employ swift and efficient mechanisms such as labelling, information panels or policy enforcement to help increase the impact of fact-checks on audiences.

QRE 31.1.1 (for Measures 31.1 and 31.2)

Relevant Signatories will report on their specific activities and initiatives related to Measures 31.1 and 31.2, including the full results and methodology applied in testing solutions to that end.

As mentioned in our baseline report, when content has been rated by fact-checkers (as outlined in detail under QRE 21.1.1), We take action to (1) label it and (2) ensure less people see it. We also take action against accounts that repeatedly share misinformation. The current warning in place says that accounts that repeatedly share false information may experience temporary restrictions, including having their posts reduced.

Regarding rating AI-generated content. Fact-checkers may rate AI-generated media under our fact-checking program policies. They often rely on AI experts, visual techniques, and meta data analysis to aid in the detection of this content.

SLI 31.1.1

Member State level reporting on use of fact-checks by service and the swift and efficient mechanisms in place to increase their impact, which may include (as depends on the service): number of fact-check articles published; reach of fact-check articles; number of content pieces reviewed by fact-checkers.

Filtered to content created on Facebook in EU Member State countries from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025:

1. 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 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.

2. Number of distinct articles written by 3PFCs that were used on Facebook to apply an inform treatment to a content from 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025*

*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

	Content viewed on Facebook and treated with fact checks, due to a falsity assessment by third party fact checkers between 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.	Number of Articles written by third party fact checkers to justify rating on Facebook between 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.
Austria	Over 750,000	Over 43,000
Belgium	Over 1,100,000	Over 52,000
Bulgaria	Over 720,000	Over 32,000
Croatia	Over 450,000	Over 31,000
Cyprus	Over 220,000	Over 25,000
Czech Republic	Over 690,000	Over 34,000
Denmark	Over 600,000	Over 36,000
Estonia	Over 100,000	Over 15,000
Finland	Over 290,000	Over 29,000
France	Over 4,300,000	Over 75,000
Germany	Over 4,200,000	Over 86,000
Greece	Over 960,000	Over 42,000
Hungary	Over 530,000	Over 31,000
Ireland	Over 730,000	Over 44,000
Italy	Over 4,300,000	Over 78,000
Latvia	Over 180,000	Over 16,000
Lithuania	Over 270,000	Over 23,000
Luxembourg	Over 110,000	Over 19,000
Malta	Over 110,000	Over 19,000
Netherlands	Over 1,200,000	Over 57,000
Poland	Over 1,800,000	Over 51,000
Portugal	Over 1,300,000	Over 48,000
Romania	Over 1,400,000	Over 42,000
Slovakia	Over 440,000	Over 26,000
Slovenia	Over 250,000	Over 22,000
Spain	Over 3,500,000	Over 71,000
Sweden	Over 840,000	Over 48,000

SLI 31.1.2

An estimation, through meaningful metrics, of the impact of actions taken such as, for instance, the number of pieces of content labelled on the basis of fact-check articles, or the impact of said measures on user interactions with information fact-checked as false or misleading.

1. 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 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.

2. 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 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.

	Content viewed on Facebook and treated with fact checks, due to a falsity assessment by third party fact checkers between 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.	% of reshares attempted that were not completed on treated content - Facebook between 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.
Austria	Over 750,000	50%
Belgium	Over 1,100,000	57%
Bulgaria	Over 720,000	60%
Croatia	Over 450,000	59%
Cyprus	Over 220,000	64%
Czech Republic	Over 690,000	56%
Denmark	Over 600,000	59%
Estonia	Over 100,000	59%
Finland	Over 290,000	56%
France	Over 4,300,000	61%
Germany	Over 4,200,000	59%
Greece	Over 960,000	62%
Hungary	Over 530,000	59%
Ireland	Over 730,000	60%
Italy	Over 4,300,000	61%
Latvia	Over 180,000	59%
Lithuania	Over 270,000	59%
Luxembourg	Over 110,000	61%
Malta	Over 110,000	61%
Netherlands	Over 1,200,000	55%
Poland	Over 1,800,000	57%
Portugal	Over 1,300,000	66%
Romania	Over 1,400,000	57%
Slovakia	Over 440,000	53%
Slovenia	Over 250,000	59%
Spain	Over 3,500,000	59%
Sweden	Over 840,000	59%

SLI 31.1.3

Signatories recognise the importance of providing context to SLIs 31.1.1 and 31.1.2 in ways that empower researchers, fact-checkers, the Commission, ERGA, and the public to understand and assess the impact of the actions taken to comply with Commitment 31. To that end, relevant Signatories commit to include baseline quantitative information that will help contextualise these SLIs. Relevant Signatories will present and discuss within the Permanent Task-force the type of baseline quantitative information they consider using for contextualisation ahead of their baseline reports.

Average of monthly active users on Facebook in the European Union between 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025.
There have been no significant updates since the last submitted report.

Over a 6-month period, ending 30 June 2025 (i.e., 1 January 2025 - 30 June 2025), there were a total of approximately 263.6 million average monthly active users on Facebook in the EU. For monthly active user numbers at a Member State level, please refer to our most recent Facebook DSA transparency report.