In the most recently reported quarter, Facebook took action on approximately 6.6 million pieces of content that went against their community standards on encouraging suicide or self-injury. Facebook has updated its policies around self-harm to no longer allow certain graphic self-harm images, prohibiting additional content that may promote eating disorders and display a sensitivity screen over healed self-harm cuts to help avoid unintentionally promoting self-harm.
Actioned content items encouraging suicide or self-injury on Facebook worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2024
(in millions)
Characteristic
Number of content items taken action on by Facebook in millions
According to Facebook, "We remove content that encourages suicide or self-injury. Self-injury is defined as the intentional and direct injuring of the body, including self-mutilation and eating disorders. We also remove content that identifies and negatively targets victims or survivors of self-injury or suicide.
We do allow people to discuss suicide and self-injury, because we want Facebook to be a space where people can raise awareness about these issues and seek support."
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Meta Platforms. (August 1, 2024). Actioned content items encouraging suicide or self-injury on Facebook worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2024 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072509/facebook-suicide-and-self-injury-removal-quarter/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Meta Platforms. "Actioned content items encouraging suicide or self-injury on Facebook worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2024 (in millions)." Chart. August 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed January 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072509/facebook-suicide-and-self-injury-removal-quarter/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Meta Platforms. (2024). Actioned content items encouraging suicide or self-injury on Facebook worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2024 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072509/facebook-suicide-and-self-injury-removal-quarter/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Actioned content items encouraging suicide or self-injury on Facebook worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2024 (in millions) [Graph], Meta Platforms, August 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1072509/facebook-suicide-and-self-injury-removal-quarter/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
