Instagram

Report March 2026

Submitted
Commitment 24
Relevant Signatories commit to inform users whose content or accounts has been subject to enforcement actions (content/accounts labelled, demoted or otherwise enforced on) taken on the basis of violation of policies relevant to this section (as outlined in Measure 18.2), and provide them with the possibility to appeal against the enforcement action at issue and to handle complaints in a timely, diligent, transparent, and objective manner and to reverse the action without undue delay where the complaint is deemed to be founded.
We signed up to the following measures of this commitment
Measure 24.1
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 24.1
Relevant Signatories commit to provide users with information on why particular content or accounts have been labelled, demoted, or otherwise enforced on, on the basis of violation of policies relevant to this section, as well as the basis for such enforcement action, and the possibility for them to appeal through a transparent mechanism.
Instagram
QRE 24.1.1
Relevant Signatories will report on the availability of their notification and appeals systems across Member States and languages and provide details on the steps of the appeals procedure.
When we remove a piece of content, we let the user know that  something they posted goes against our Community Standards. Moreover, we are transparent with users when their content is fact-checked, and have an appeals process in place for users who wish to issue a correction or dispute a rating with a fact-checker.

Appeal procedures are outlined under QRE 23.1.1.

SLI 24.1.1
Relevant Signatories provide information on the number and nature of enforcement actions for policies described in response to Measure 18.2, the numbers of such actions that were subsequently appealed, the results of these appeals, information, and to the extent possible metrics, providing insight into the duration or effectiveness of processing of appeals process, and publish this information on the Transparency Centre.
Number of unique contents that were removed from Instagram for violating our harmful health misinformation, inauthentic behavior or voter or census interference policies in EEA Member State countries from from 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025.

Number of unique contents that were removed from Instagram for violating our harmful health misinformation, inauthentic behavior or voter or census interference policies in EEA Member State countries from 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025 that were later appealed.
Number of unique contents that were removed from Instagram for violating our harmful health misinformation, inauthentic behavior or voter or census interference policies in EEA Member State countries from from 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025. Number of unique contents that were removed from Instagram for violating our harmful health misinformation, inauthentic behavior or voter or census interference policies in EEA Member State countries from 01/07/2025 to 31/12/2025 that were later appealed. Metrics on results of appeals Metrics on the duration and effectiveness of the appeal process
Austria Over 2,900 Over 290 0 0
Belgium Over 4,700 Over 140 0 0
Bulgaria Over 1,300 Less than 100 0 0
Croatia Over 2,900 Less than 100 0 0
Cyprus Over 2,000 Less than 100 0 0
Czech Republic Over 2,100 Over 180 0 0
Denmark Over 2,500 Less than 100 0 0
Estonia Over 290 Less than 100 0 0
Finland Over 1,300 Less than 100 0 0
France Over 18,000 Over 2,200 0 0
Germany Over 30,000 Over 1,100 0 0
Greece Over 5,000 Over 130 0 0
Hungary Over 740 Less than 100 0 0
Ireland Over 2,400 Less than 100 0 0
Italy Over 23,000 Over 950 0 0
Latvia Over 250 Less than 100 0 0
Lithuania Over 2,000 Less than 100 0 0
Luxembourg Over 1,000 Over 420 0 0
Malta Over 160 Less than 100 0 0
Netherlands Over 8,300 Over 990 0 0
Poland Over 6,600 Over 490 0 0
Portugal Over 6,400 Over 260 0 0
Romania Over 4,000 Over 230 0 0
Slovakia Over 1,100 Over 120 0 0
Slovenia Over 350 Less than 100 0 0
Spain Over 24,000 Over 1,000 0 0
Sweden Over 6,100 Over 130 0 0
Iceland Over 120 Less than 100 0 0
Liechtenstein Less than 100 Less than 100 0 0
Norway Over 1,500 Less than 100 0 0