Meta policies and safeguards for elections around the world
Meta has spent over $30 billion in the areas of safety and security over the last decade, including to protect elections.
ACTIONS WE’RE TAKING
- Preventing Interference
- Connecting Voters
- Fighting Misinformation
- Increasing Transparency
PREVENTING ELECTION INTERFERENCE
We have advanced security operations to take down manipulation campaigns and identify emerging threats.
We’re fighting foreign interference and domestic influence operations, and we’ve removed over 200 networks of Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior since 2017.Stopping influence operations
CONNECTING VOTERS
We are focused on connecting people with information about voting and elections.
On Facebook and Instagram, through top of feed notifications we’re continuing to connect people with information about voter registration and elections from their state and local elections officials, including during the primaries.
Connecting US Voters in 2026
Combating misinformation on WhatsApp
Access to fact-checkers
Fact-checking organizations in nearly 50 countries use WhatsApp to connect people with accurate information — including India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and the US. By sending these fact-checking organizations a message directly in WhatsApp, the organizations can reply by sharing a fact-checking article. You could also easily connect with them on their tiplines and Channels.
Identifying suspicious messages
Blocking and reporting accounts