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Report March 2026

Submitted
Commitment 17
In light of the European Commission's initiatives in the area of media literacy, including the new Digital Education Action Plan, Relevant Signatories commit to continue and strengthen their efforts in the area of media literacy and critical thinking, also with the aim to include vulnerable groups.
We signed up to the following measures of this commitment
Measure 17.1 Measure 17.2 Measure 17.3
In line with this commitment, did you deploy new implementation measures (e.g. changes to your terms of service, new tools, new policies, etc)?
Yes
If yes, list these implementation measures here
The key part of our approach to combat misinformation is providing tools and products that will contribute to a more resilient digital society, where people are able to critically evaluate information, make informed decisions about the content they see, and self-correct. Our strategy focuses on providing people with additional context and information on posts they see and connecting them with authoritative information. Below are some examples of that work relevant to the European Union.

  • Meta published its first Media Literacy Annual Plan on 21 July 2025, which set out its current approach to media literacy and the products and features we make available to users of Facebook and Instagram. 
  • In 2025, Meta launched a campaign that ran in Ireland, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands which aimed to increase awareness of new tools available on Instagram to protect Youth well-being.  These tools included private accounts, additional messaging and sensitive content restrictions, time limit reminders and sleep mode.
  • As part of our global anti-scam awareness campaign to protect people online, we share relevant product tools across Facebook. Additionally, we released new research on romance scams occurring across the internet, along with updates on our enforcement actions targeting scammers who impersonate military personnel and other individuals.
  • In 2025, Meta rolled out a youth-focused campaign across eight EU countries—France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Ireland, and Greece—running from late September through late November, to highlight support for parental approval for teens accessing online services.
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?
N/A
Measure 17.1
Relevant Signatories will design and implement or continue to maintain tools to improve media literacy and critical thinking, for instance by empowering users with context on the content visible on services or with guidance on how to evaluate online content.
Facebook
QRE 17.1.1
Relevant Signatories will outline the tools they develop or maintain that are relevant to this commitment and report on their deployment in each Member State.
Meta has developed a series of tools over the years to educate and equip people with the necessary skills for navigating the digital world.

A key pillar of our strategy is to inform our users by providing people with specific and relevant context when they come across a flagged post, we can help them be more informed about what they see and read. Here are some ways we provide context on relevant pieces of content that may be sensitive or misleading:

Warning screens on sensitive content on Facebook: 
- People value the ability to discuss important and often difficult issues online, but they also have different sensitivities to certain kinds of content. Therefore, we include a warning screen over potentially sensitive content on Facebook, such as:

  • Violent or graphic imagery.
  • Posts that contain descriptions of bullying or harassment, if shared to raise awareness.
  • Some forms of nudity.
  • Posts related to suicide or suicide attempts.

Fact-checking notices:
- When content has been rated by fact-checkers as False, Altered, Partly False, or Missing Context, we add a notice to it so that people can read additional context.
- Meta also notifi es users before they try to share this content or if they shared it in the past.
- Meta uses its technology to detect content that is the same or almost exactly the same as that rated by fact checkers, and add notices to that content as well.

Links:
Warning screens on sensitive content: https://transparency.meta.com/enforcement/taking-action/context-on-sensitive-misleading-content/

Fact-checking notices: https://transparency.meta.com/features/how-fact-checking-works/
SLI 17.1.1
Relevant Signatories will report, at the Member State level, on metrics pertinent to assessing the effects of the tools described in the qualitative reporting element for Measure 17.1, which will include: the total count of impressions of the tool; and information on the interactions/engagement with the tool.
Content on Facebook treated with a warning screen for sensitive content between 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025

Content viewed on Facebook and treated with fact checks, due to a falsity assessment by third party fact checkers between 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025

% of reshares attempted that were not completed on treated content - Facebook between 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025.
Content on Facebook treated with a warning screen for sensitive content between 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025 Content viewed on Facebook and treated with fact checks, due to a falsity assessment by third party fact checkers between 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025 % of reshares attempted that were not completed on treated content - Facebook between 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025.
Austria 13,368 Over 490,000 51.00%
Belgium 28,509 Over 730,000 50.60%
Bulgaria 11,439 Over 570,000 56.70%
Croatia 6,641 Over 370,000 56.10%
Cyprus 4,734 Over 150,000 61.10%
Czech Republic 19,447 Over 460,000 38.20%
Denmark 14,273 Over 370,000 52.70%
Estonia 1,578 Over 76,000 44.40%
Finland 8,015 Over 170,000 43.90%
France 108,617 Over 3,200,000 57.80%
Germany 120,394 Over 2,700,000 49.50%
Greece 25,395 Over 760,000 58.00%
Hungary 29,595 Over 320,000 53.30%
Ireland 12,559 Over 37,000 51.20%
Italy 123,761 Over 2,900,000 55.20%
Latvia 1,832 Over 2,900 43.30%
Lithuania 3,353 Over 190,000 49.10%
Luxembourg 1,674 Over 75,000 50.00%
Malta 1,454 Over 68,000 61.10%
Netherlands 36,834 Over 780,000 44.20%
Poland 38,439 Over 1,400,000 49.00%
Portugal 45,433 Over 920,000 62.40%
Romania 26,379 Over 820,000 28.70%
Slovakia 7,029 Over 280,000 38.80%
Slovenia 3,358 Over 180,000 47.90%
Spain 84,328 Over 2,500,000 60.30%
Sweden 29,365 Over 530,000 53.20%
Iceland 1,249 Over 450,000 55.90%
Liechtenstein 39 Over 130,000 100.00%
Norway 13,055 Over 295,000 45.00%
Total 822,146 Over 17,000,000