Drug use, crime or threats shown
The video may not earn money on Facebook.
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What triggers it
Depicting or discussing substance abuse, threats, advocating harm, trafficking, theft, vandalism, trespassing, fraud, hacking, copyright infringement and similar crimes; promoting sale or misuse of drugs.
What Facebook says
“We define "objectionable activity" as "substance use, abuse, or crimes."”
We last checked this against Facebook's page on .
How to fix it
Cut drug use and crime footage from monetized videos.
Good to know
Real and fictional depictions both count (e.g. drug use, theft or vandalism pranks, hacking how-tos, pirated clips). Meta's page gives no exception for news or educational framing. Does not count: brief neutral mentions with nothing shown.
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
Related Facebook rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what Facebook publishes; it isn't legal advice.