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4.3 TRANSPARENCY
The Facebook Transparency Report65 is published every six months to provide data and insights into
how Facebook’s various policies are enforced. This includes a Community Standards Enforcement
Report,66 an Intellectual Property Report,67 Government Requests for User Data,68 Content Restrictions
Based on Local Law,69 and Internet Disruptions.70 The data are segmented by country for all reports
except the Community Standards Enforcement Report, where methodologies are still under development.
The Community Standards Enforcement Report was published for the first time in 2018 and includes
global-level processes and metrics for Graphic Violence, Adult Nudity and Sexual Activity, Terrorist
Propaganda, Hate Speech, Spam, and Fake Accounts. Facebook’s plans to address “false news” and
election interference are also published alongside the Facebook Transparency Report.
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Facebook (c), accessed August 2018.
Facebook (c), with further details on enforcement: https://transparency.facebook.com/community-standards-enforcement.
Facebook (c), with further details on intellectual property: https://transparency.facebook.com/intellectual-property.
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Facebook (c), with further details on government data requests: https://transparency.facebook.com/government-data-requests.
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Facebook (c), with further details on government data requests: https://transparency.facebook.com/government-data-requests.
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Facebook (c), with further details on internet disruptions: https://transparency.facebook.com/internet-disruptions.
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