Facebook

Understanding Our Policies

The following terms, as well as our Data Policy, Community Standards and Terms of Service, apply to all creators and administrators of Pages, Groups and Events on Facebook. You are responsible for ensuring that your Page, Group, or Event complies with all applicable laws, statutes, and regulations.

1. Prohibited Business Practices

Pages, Groups, and Events must not promote products, services, schemes or offers using deceptive or misleading business practices, including those intended to scam people out of money or personal information.

2. Impersonation

Pages, Groups, and Events must not impersonate or falsely represent a brand, entity, or public figure. Where a Page, Group, or Event is being used to express support for or interest in a brand, entity, or public figure, it must make clear in the name or description that it is not an official representation.

3. Gambling

Pages, Groups and Events must not promote online gambling, or gaming where anything of monetary value (including digital currencies) is required to play and anything of monetary value forms part of the prize, without our prior written permission. Common types of gambling or gaming activities which may require permission include betting, lotteries, raffles, casino, fantasy sports, bingo, poker, skill game tournaments and sweepstakes.

4. Inaccurately Tagged Content

Pages, Groups, and Events must not inaccurately tag content or encourage users to inaccurately tag content.

5. Incentivization

Pages, Groups, and Events must not incentivize people to misuse Facebook features or functionality.

6. Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Pages, Groups, and Events must not promote drug and alcohol addiction treatment centers that are misleading, engaging in practices that are harmful to patients, or otherwise violating applicable laws.

Communicating a Promotion

If you use Facebook to communicate or administer a promotion (ex: a contest or sweepstakes), you are responsible for the lawful operation of that promotion, including:

• The official rules;
• Offer terms and eligibility requirements (ex: age and residency restrictions); and
• Compliance with applicable rules and regulations governing the promotion and all prizes offered (ex: registration and obtaining necessary regulatory approvals).

Required Content

Promotions on Facebook must include the following:

• A complete release of Facebook by each entrant or participant; and
• Acknowledgement that the promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook.

Administration of a Promotion

Promotions may be administered on Pages, Groups, Events, or within apps on Facebook. Personal Timelines and friend connections must not be used to administer promotions (ex: “share on your Timeline to enter” or “share on your friend's Timeline to get additional entries”, and "tag your friends in this post to enter" are not permitted).

Assisting Promotions

Facebook will not assist you in the administration of your promotion, and you agree that if you use our service to administer your promotion, you do so at your own risk.

Collecting Data From Users

If you collect content and information directly from users, your Page, Group or Event must make it clear that you (and not Facebook) are collecting it, and must provide notice about and obtain user consent for your use of the content and information that you collect. Regardless of how you obtain content and information from users, you are responsible for securing all necessary permissions to reuse their content and information.

Automated Collection of Data

Your Page, Group or Event must not collect users' content or information, or otherwise access Facebook, using automated means (such as harvesting bots, robots, spiders, or scrapers) without written permission from Facebook.

Calls to Action

Your Page, Group or Event cannot use information obtained from a person’s interaction with your Page's call-to-action button for any purpose other than to provide the service associated with the call-to-action button. If you want to use this information for any other purpose, first obtain a person’s explicit consent.

Processing of Data for Page Insights in the EEA

Where you are in the EEA, the processing of data for Page Insights may be subject to the Page Insights Controller Addendum, which forms part of this Pages, Groups and Events Policy.

1. Platform Policy

Apps on your Page must comply with the Facebook Platform Policy.

2. Page Names

Page names must not include profanity, excessively incorrect grammar or punctuation, and must not consist solely of generic terms or locations.

3. Content Visibility

Content posted to a Page is public and can be viewed by everyone who can see the Page.

4. Cover Photos and Profile Pictures

Your Page's cover photo or profile picture must not include a verified checkmark, and also must not include third-party products, brands or sponsors.

5. Showmarks

Showmarks on Show Pages must accurately represent the show, and must not represent the parent entity or network.

6. Online Pharmacies

Pages must not promote the sale of prescription pharmaceuticals. Pages for online pharmacies may be permitted with Facebook's prior approval.

7. Age Gating

You must restrict access by age using Facebook Page gating functionality as necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

8. Post Preview

When sharing a third party link from your Page, you must not edit any elements of the post preview.

9. Upload Functionality

You must not misuse Facebook's upload functionality in connection with your Page

10. Name Change and Merges

Name changes and merges must not result in a misleading or unintended connection and must not substantially change the Page’s subject matter

11. Regulated Goods or Services

Pages promoting the sale of regulated goods or services must comply with our Community Standards.

12. Driving Traffic to Third Party Apps and Sites

You must not accept anything of value to drive traffic to an app or site that engages in traffic arbitrage, or one that contains a disproportionate volume of ads relative to content, or content that is highly sexual, shocking, clickbait, or promotes scams.

13. Sharing Content

Content you post to your Page may be reshared by other admins of the Page to other Facebook Products connected to the Page.

14. Limited Originality of Content

Pages must not post or share content that primarily consists of minimal original content.

1. Branded Content

Branded content must comply with the Facebook Branded Content Policies.

2. Show Pages

Show Pages must not include branded content within show marks or show trailers, and must comply with the Facebook Branded Content Policies.

3. Necessary Disclosures

Your Page must include all necessary disclosures to people using Facebook, such as any disclosures needed to indicate the commercial nature of content posted by you.

The following Jobs Policies provide guidance on what types of employment posts are allowed on Facebook. These policies, along with our Community Standards, govern posts for employment, including all Job posts on Pages and in Groups.

1. Misleading, Deceptive, or Fraudulent Jobs

Job posts must not promote employment opportunities that are misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent.

2. Illegal Products and Services

Job posts must not promote employment opportunities that involve illegal activity, products, or services.

3. Discrimination

Job posts must not discriminate against applicants based on any protected characteristics, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family status, disability, medical or genetic condition or any other basis protected under federal, state or local law. Job posts must comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination.

4. Sexually Suggestive Jobs

Job posts must not promote employment opportunities in a sexually suggestive manner.

5. Adult Products and Services

Job posts must not promote employment opportunities that require adult services or use of adult products.

6. Personal Information

Job posts must not solicit personal identification or financial information from any potential applicants.

7. Multilevel Marketing

Job posts must clearly and fully describe the product or business model it is promoting. Job posts must not promote employment opportunities for business models that offer quick compensation for little investment, including multilevel marketing opportunities.

8. Impersonation

Job posts must not impersonate a brand, company, entity, or public figure. This includes falsely representing an association with a business.

9. Drug-Related Products and Services

Job posts must not promote employment opportunities that involve illegal or recreational drugs, products, and services.

10. Profanity and Grammar

Job posts must not contain profanity or bad grammar and punctuation. Symbols, numbers and letters must be used properly without the intention of circumventing our review process and enforcement systems.

1. Automated Events

Events cannot use automated means to generate event invites.

2. Cost Disclosures

Events must provide clear and up-front disclosure for any actions or additional costs associated with an event ticket purchase.

3. Misleading Event Changes

Changes to an event must not result in a misleading or unintended connection and must not substantially change the event.