Meta continues to explore options for sharing insights with research groups on these issues, in addition to our sharing through the IO Research Archive and in our public Adversarial Threat Reports.
As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the Meta Content Library tool and incorporate feedback from researchers, we've introduced several improvements. We've made searching more efficient by adding exact phrase matching, text-in-image search, and researchers can now share content producer lists with their peers, enabling quick filtering of public data from specific content producers on Instagram.
Throughout the second half of 2025, Meta has continued to release new features and improvements to the MCL, including collaborative dashboard editing, comments filtering, filtering by account verified status, and new tools in the API such as snapshots and collections. In addition, data coverage has expanded to include public profiles with 100 followers or more. These enhancements have been designed to support our users and promote best practices in independent research. .
We made changes to the
Meta Research Tools Terms and Conditions which include granting researchers ownership of their research outputs (Section 2(q)), subject to compliance with the terms and applicable law.
