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Report March 2026

Submitted
Commitment 23
Relevant Signatories commit to provide users with the functionality to flag harmful false and/or misleading information that violates Signatories policies or terms of service.
We signed up to the following measures of this commitment
Measure 23.1 Measure 23.2
In line with this commitment, did you deploy new implementation measures (e.g. changes to your terms of service, new tools, new policies, etc)?
No
If yes, list these implementation measures here
There have been no significant 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?
No
If yes, which further implementation measures do you plan to put in place in the next 6 months?
N/A
Measure 23.1
Relevant Signatories will develop or continue to make available on all their services and in all Member States languages in which their services are provided a user-friendly functionality for users to flag harmful false and/or misleading information that violates Signatories' policies or terms of service. The functionality should lead to appropriate, proportionate and consistent follow-up actions, in full respect of the freedom of expression.
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QRE 23.1.1
Relevant Signatories will report on the availability of flagging systems for their policies related to harmful false and/or misleading information across EU Member States and specify the different steps that are required to trigger the systems.
We remove content and accounts that violate our Community Standards when we’re made aware, including fake accounts and accounts engaged in inauthentic behavior and misinformation likely to contribute to imminent physical harm.

We use a combination of automated and human review for enforcement actions taken on the platform and invest in technology and people resources to detect and identify violating content, accounts or suspicious behavior.

As we improve our AI capabilities to proactively detect and take action on violating content, our reliance on user reports have significantly decreased. However, every week, people around the world report millions of pieces of content to us that they believe violate our policies.

Users can report content that they specifically identified as false information through the following process outlined on the Help Center: 
  • Click *** Options next to the post that you'd like to mark as false. 
  • Click Report post. 
  • Click Scam, fraud or false information. 
  • Click Sharing false information, then select the kind of false information. 
  • Click Done