Sex toys or adult businesses (18+)

Facebook may show the video only to adults.

Age restrictionHow serious: Worth fixingFacebookRegulated goods

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What triggers it

Selling or promoting adult sexual arousal products (sex toys, erotic products, sexual-performance products), adult entertainment businesses, or reproductive products focused on pleasure; depicting sex toys with no clear context.

What Facebook says

“Depiction of sex toys with no clear context”
Facebook, Restricted Goods and Services
Official source: transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/regulated-goods

We last checked this against Facebook's page on .

How to fix it

Keep adult products out of general-audience videos or accept the 18+ limit.

Good to know

Includes unboxing and review videos of sex toys and testosterone-booster promos. Family planning and contraception are treated separately.

Can FYProof spot it?

A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.

  • Video: looked at for this rule
  • Speech: looked at for this rule
  • On-screen text: not for this rule
  • Caption: looked at for this rule
  • Hashtags: not for this rule

The same rule on Instagram and Threads

Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what Facebook publishes; it isn't legal advice.

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