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Policies On Facebook

Facebook, the social media website used by hundreds of millions of people in countries throughout the world, gives users a platform through which to communicate with friends and family members. Facebook allows people some freedom when communicating with others, posting pictures and creating events, but the website expects its users to follow certain privacy regulations. These guidelines are designed to keep people safe and prevent them from abusing Facebook. Many policies on Facebook attempt to keep people from discussing or engaging in certain behavior, especially illegal and inappropriate acts, while they are on the website.

  1. User Restrictions

    • You have to be at least 13 years old to have an account on Facebook. If Facebook administrators find out that someone under 13 has a page, they will delete or deactivate the page. They are also able to delete pages if people provide false information about themselves. To make sure that Facebook users are old enough, the website asks for the date of birth of everyone trying to sign up for the website. Facebook also encourages people under the age of 18 to get their parents' permission before creating a Facebook page. Sex offenders are not allowed to use Facebook.

    Photos

    • Facebook doesn't allow people to put up nude or inappropriate pictures on the website. This includes photos of people engaging in illegal acts, such as using drugs. Photos that show too much of women's breasts or men and women's genitalia are usually considered in violation of Facebook's policies, according to Time Magazine. People are not allowed to put up pictures of other individuals that are in violation of Facebook's policies, especially nude photos. Facebook's policy prohibits users from posting photos or other types of content that are other people's intellectual property, especially copyrighted materials.

    Outside Use of Information

    • Facebook doesn't allow users or outside companies to send spam messages to others through the site. It does let marketers, applications or outside parties have access to users' information, if people consent to giving out their personal information. Facebook requires applications to develop and abide by contracts, which they enter into with users. The website's advertising policy says that advertisers are able to only create one Facebook account and have to provide truthful information within their ads, according to the Facebook website. Through your privacy settings, you can make sure that only friends can see photo albums, status updates and other personal information. Facebook usually automatically lets everyone see users' names and profile pictures, unless people use settings that only allow certain individuals or networks to see that information. Facebook users are prohibited from trying to gain access to strangers' information through viruses, worms, spiders or other types of malicious content.

    User Control

    • Under Facebook's regulations, users have control over who they "friend" and who is able to see their content; through a license, Facebook is able to share content with people's friends. Facebook users have ownership of and control of content on individual pages, which means that you can delete comments made by other people. Facebook also allows users to set up their pages in such a way that they can decide whether to let outsiders send messages to them. Facebook usually doesn't censor people's events, comments or status updates, as long as they do not refer to behavior that is considered illegal, overly sexual or violent, according to the Facebook website.

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