Facebook: violence and graphic content actions as of Q3 2023
In the third quarter of 2023, Facebook took action on nine million pieces of violent and graphic content, down from 13.8 million in the previous quarter. Facebook allows the sharing of graphic content that raises certain issues and hides this content with a warning. The second quarter of 2022 saw the most amount of violent and graphic pieces of content removed from the platform, totaling over 45.9 million pieces. The statistic represents the amount of content acted on, including violent content covered with a warning.