Facebook terrorist content deletion per quarter 2023

In the third quarter of 2023, Facebook took action on eight million pieces of terrorism content, down from 13.6 million pieces of content actioned in the previous quarter. For every 10,000 views of content on Facebook, there were approximately five views violating the platform's policy on terrorism.

Actioned terrorism content items on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2017 to 3rd quarter 2023 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of content items taken action on in millions
2023Q3	8.2
2023Q2	13.6
2023Q1	14.5
2022Q4	9.9
2022Q3	16.7
2022Q2	13.5
2022Q1	16.1
2021Q4	7.7
2021Q3	10.6
2021Q2	7.1
2021Q1	9
2020Q4	7.7
2020Q3	6.7
2020Q2	5.4
2020Q1	6.3
2019Q4	7.6
2019Q3	5.2
2019Q2	5.9
2019Q1	8.2
2018Q4	4.9
2018Q3	3.1
2018Q2	9.4
2018Q1	1.9
2017Q4	1.1

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

Q4 2017 to Q3 2023

Supplementary notes

According to Facebook, "We do not allow any organizations or individuals that proclaim a violent mission or are engaged in violence, from having a presence on Facebook. We also remove content that expresses support or praise for groups, leaders, or individuals involved in these activities."

As of 2nd quarter 2021, Facebook includes data for "Dangerous Orgs: Terrorism", as well as "Dangerous Orgs: Organized Hate."

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