During the fourth quarter of 2024, Facebook removed 5.8 million pieces of hate speech content, down from 6.4 million in the previous quarter. Between April and June 2021, the social network removed a record number of over 31 million pieces of hate speech. Bullying and harassment content is also present on Facebook.
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Actioned hate speech content items on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2024
(in millions)
Characteristic
Number of content items taken action on in millions
2024Q4
5.8
2024Q3
6.4
2024Q2
7.2
2024Q1
7.4
2023Q4
7.4
2023Q3
9.6
2023Q2
18
2023Q1
10.7
2022Q4
11
2022Q3
10.6
2022Q2
13.5
2022Q1
15.1
2021Q4
17.4
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According to Facebook, "We define hate speech as violent or dehumanizing speech, statements of inferiority, calls for exclusion or segregation based on protected characteristics, or slurs. These characteristics include race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, caste, sex, gender, gender identity, and serious disability or disease. When the intent is clear, we may allow people to share someone else's hate speech content to raise awareness or discuss whether the speech is appropriate to use, to use slurs self-referentially in an effort to reclaim the term, or for other similar reasons."
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Meta Platforms. (February 9, 2025). Actioned hate speech content items on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2024 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013804/facebook-hate-speech-content-deletion-quarter/
Meta Platforms. "Actioned hate speech content items on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2024 (in millions)." Chart. February 9, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013804/facebook-hate-speech-content-deletion-quarter/
Meta Platforms. (2025). Actioned hate speech content items on Facebook worldwide from 4th quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2024 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013804/facebook-hate-speech-content-deletion-quarter/
Meta Platforms. "Actioned Hate Speech Content Items on Facebook Worldwide from 4th Quarter 2017 to 4th Quarter 2024 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013804/facebook-hate-speech-content-deletion-quarter/
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