Transparency Report, First Half 2022 - Meta

Today, we are releasing our latest Transparency Report for the archetypal fractional of 2022.

As always, we strive to beryllium unfastened astir the ways we support users’ privacy, information and entree to accusation online. That’s wherefore we people biannual transparency reports to supply item connected the numbers and support accountability successful our work. Over the years, we’ve expanded our study to see the measurement of contented restrictions based connected section law, the fig of planetary net disruptions that bounds entree to our products and, astir recently, our proactive efforts to support intellectual property. Additionally, our Transparency Report includes the Community Standards Enforcement Report for Q3 of 2022, which provides information connected however we instrumentality enactment against violating contented crossed our platforms.

Government Requests for User Data

During the archetypal six months of 2022, planetary government requests for idiosyncratic data accrued 10.5% from 214,777 to 237,414. Of the full volume, the US continues to taxable the largest fig of requests, followed by India, Germany, Brazil, France and the UK.

In the US, we received 69,363 requests, which was 15.6% much than the full we received successful the 2nd fractional of 2021. Non-disclosure orders prohibiting Meta from notifying the idiosyncratic accrued somewhat by 0.6% to 71.1% successful the archetypal fractional of 2022. In addition, arsenic a effect of transparency updates introduced successful the 2016 USA Freedom Act, the US authorities lifted the non-disclosure orders connected 3 National Security Letters we received betwixt 2016 and 2019. These requests, on with the US government’s authorization letters, are disposable below.

As we person said successful anterior reports, we ever scrutinize each authorities petition we person to marque definite it is legally valid, nary substance which authorities makes the request.  We comply with authorities requests for idiosyncratic accusation lone wherever we person a good-faith content that the instrumentality requires america to bash so. In addition, we measure whether a petition is accordant with internationally recognized standards connected quality rights, including owed process, privacy, escaped look and the regularisation of law. When we bash comply, we lone nutrient accusation that is narrowly tailored to that request. If we find that a petition appears to beryllium deficient oregon overly broad, we propulsion backmost and volition combat successful court, if necessary. We bash not supply governments with “back doors” to people’s information. For much accusation astir however we reappraisal and respond to authorities requests for idiosyncratic information and the safeguards we apply, delight notation to our FAQs.

Content Restrictions

When contented is reported arsenic violating section law, but doesn’t spell against our Community Standards, we whitethorn bounds entree to that contented successful the state wherever the section usurpation is alleged. During this reporting period, the measurement of contented restrictions based connected section instrumentality accrued globally 75% from 50,959 successful H2 2021 to 89,368 successful H1 2022.

Internet Disruptions

We reason shutdowns, throttling and different disruptions of net connectivity and we stay acrophobic by the inclination towards this attack successful immoderate countries. Even impermanent disruptions of net services tin undermine quality rights and economical activity. That’s wherefore we study the fig of deliberate internet disruptions caused by governments astir the satellite that interaction the availability of our products. In the archetypal fractional of 2022, we identified 64 disruptions of Facebook services successful 15 countries, compared to 38 disruptions successful 12 countries successful the 2nd fractional of 2021.

Intellectual Property

Finally, we study connected the measurement and quality of copyright, trademark and counterfeit reports we person each fractional arsenic good arsenic our proactive actions against imaginable piracy and counterfeits. In H1 2022, we took down 4,790,449 pieces of contented based connected 1,720,846  copyright reports; 700,736 pieces of contented based connected 285,331 trademark reports; and 2,509,130 pieces of contented based connected 112,614 counterfeit reports. We besides proactively removed 36,221,125 pieces of contented for copyright reasons and 103,308,131 pieces of contented for counterfeit reasons.

Protecting people’s intelligence spot rights remains a apical priority. By aboriginal 2023 we’ll beryllium launching a website dedicated solely to helping amended radical connected the mode Rights Manager combats infringement connected Facebook and Instagram.

We proceed to further our committedness to transparency. You tin spot the full report for much information.