Safety work includes account verification, violation review, Oversight Board access, face analysis and bias detection
To promote safety, security and integrity Meta works to verify accounts, identity and activity (you can choose to verify through facial recognition technology, per a linked page); find and address violations of its terms or policies, where in some cases its decisions are reviewed by the Oversight Board, which may use information Meta has; investigate suspicious activity, including face analysis to protect you and others from impersonation and identity misuse; detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior; identify and combat disparities and racial bias against historically marginalized communities; detect and prevent spam and bad experiences; detect when someone needs help and provide support; detect and stop threats to its personnel and property; and maintain the integrity of its Products. Linked pages on facial recognition, the Oversight Board's data policy and transparency are not supplied.
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Here are some ways we promote safety, security and integrity. We work to:
Verify accounts, identity and activity.
about how you can choose to verify your account or identity through facial recognition technology.
Find and address violations of our terms or policies. In some cases, the decisions we make about violations are reviewed by the
They may use information we have when they review our decisions.
Investigate suspicious activity. Learn more about face analysis and how we use it to help
from impersonation and identity misuse.
Detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior
against historically marginalized communities
Detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences
and provide support
Detect and stop threats to our personnel and property
Maintain the integrity of our Products
about how we work to keep Meta a safe place for everyone.
Qualifications & exceptions
Facial recognition verification is described as a choice you can make.
Oversight Board review applies in some cases.
Not stated here
How face analysis and facial recognition verification work; the linked pages are not supplied.
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Meta uses your usual login locations to detect suspicious logins and confirm it is you
Meta uses information about the locations you normally log in from, combined with other information, to detect suspicious activity; if it detects a login attempt from a new location it can check that it is really you.
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For example, we use information about the locations you normally log in from, combined with other information, to detect suspicious activity. So if we detect an attempt to log into your account from a new location, we can check that it’s really you.
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Transfers rely on standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions and equivalent mechanisms, plus encryption in transit
Meta relies on appropriate mechanisms for international data transfers: standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and other relevant authorities; determinations by the European Commission and other authorities that other countries have adequate data protection; and equivalent mechanisms under applicable laws for transfers to the United States and other relevant countries. It also says it ensures appropriate safeguards whenever it transfers your information, for example encrypting information in transit over public networks to protect it from unauthorized access. The linked clauses and adequacy pages are not supplied.
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We rely on appropriate mechanisms[77] for international data transfers.
We also make sure that appropriate safeguards are in place whenever we transfer your information. For example, we encrypt your information when it’s in transit over public networks to protect it from unauthorized access.
We rely on appropriate mechanisms for international data transfers. For example, for information we collect:
We utilize
approved by the European Commission and by other relevant authorities.
We rely on determinations from the European Commission, and from other relevant authorities, about whether other countries have
We use equivalent mechanisms under applicable laws that apply to data transfers to the United States and other relevant countries.
Qualifications & exceptions
Which mechanism applies depends on the transfer and applicable law.
Not stated here
The specific clauses and adequacy determinations relied on.
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Safety processing uses automated techniques and sometimes human review to verify, moderate, investigate and combat bias
Meta's Products are designed to research and help ensure the safety, integrity and security of its services and the people using them, on and off Meta Products. Meta processes information associated with you using automated techniques and, in some instances, manual human review to verify accounts and activity; find and address violations of its terms or policies, with some decisions reviewed by the Oversight Board; investigate suspicious activity; detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior, including reviewing and sometimes removing reported content; and identify and combat disparities and racial bias against historically marginalized communities. The list continues in the next packet.
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Promoting safety, integrity and security
Why and how we process your information:
Promoting safety, integrity and security on and across the Meta Products: The Meta Products are designed to research and help ensure the safety, integrity and security of those services and those people who enjoy them, on and off Meta Products. We process information we have associated with you and apply automated processing techniques and, in some instances, conduct manual (human) review to:
Verify accounts and activity,
Find and address violations of our terms or policies. In some cases, the decisions we make about violations are reviewed by the
Investigate suspicious activity,
Detect, prevent and combat harmful or unlawful behavior, such as to review and, in some cases, remove content reported to us,
Identify and combat disparities and racial bias against historically marginalized communities,
Qualifications & exceptions
Human review applies in some instances.
Oversight Board review applies in some cases.
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Safety processing also protects life and health, fights spam, stops threats to staff and keeps Product integrity
The safety, integrity and security purposes continue: protecting the life, physical or mental health, well-being or integrity of users or others; detecting and preventing spam, other security matters and bad experiences; detecting and stopping threats to Meta's personnel and property; and maintaining the integrity of its Products. Security help pages are linked but not supplied.
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Protect the life, physical or mental health, well-being or integrity of our users or others,
Detect and prevent spam, other security matters and other bad experiences,
Detect and stop threats to our personnel and property, and
Maintain the integrity of our Products.
For more information on safety, integrity and security generally on Meta Products, visit the
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Safety processing may use content, messages, AI interactions, transactions, selfies, connections and device data
For safety, integrity and security, the categories Meta may use depending on your circumstances include content you create; camera and voice content; messages and their content and metadata about content and messages, both subject to applicable law; AI at Meta interactions and metadata; content you view and how; apps and features used; purchases and transactions including truncated credit card information; hashtags; time, frequency and duration of activities; your selfie if provided for account support; friends, followers and connections; app, browser and device information (characteristics and software, device activity, identifiers, signals, device-settings data, location, network including IP address, cookies); and information from partners, vendors and third parties.
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The actual information we use depends on your factual circumstances, but could include any of the following:
Your activity and information you provide:
Content you create, like posts, comments or audio
Content you provide through our camera feature or your camera roll settings, or through our voice-enabled features
Messages you send and receive, including their content, subject to applicable law
Metadata about content and messages, subject to applicable law
and related metadata. For example, information you or others exchange with AI at Meta like content and messages
Types of content you view or interact with, and how you interact with it
Apps and features you use, and what actions you take in them
Purchases or other transactions you make, including truncated credit card information
Hashtags you use
The time, frequency and duration of your activities on our Products
Your photo or video selfie if you provide it when you contact us for account support
Friends, followers and other connections
App, browser and device information:
Information from partners, vendors and third parties
Qualifications & exceptions
Message content and metadata use is subject to applicable law.
The device categories listed for safety processing are device characteristics and software; what you are doing on your device, such as foreground state or mouse movement used to tell humans from bots; identifiers; device signals; information shared through device settings; location-related information; network information including IP address; and cookies and similar technologies.
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Device characteristics and device software
What you’re doing on your device, like whether our app is in the foreground or if your mouse is moving (which can help tell humans from bots)
Identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’
Device signals
Information you’ve shared through your device settings
Location-related information
Information about the network you connect your device to, including your IP address