Remove a Facebook post, photo or video about you

Posts, groups and pages we remove

• Posts about you on someone else’s profile, including shared screenshots of your chats
• Photos and videos of you posted without your consent, including private or intimate ones
• Group posts in buy-and-sell, community, school or “exposed” groups
• Pages created to attack you, your family or your business
• Comments and reels that repeat the same claims or show your personal data
• Messenger-forwarded screenshots once they are posted publicly

Someone is pretending to be you? That is a fake account, handled on its own page: remove a fake Facebook account.

How Facebook handles reports

Every post has a report button, but in-app reports are often first checked by automated systems against Meta’s Community Standards. It works for clear cases such as bullying, harassment or nudity. For the rest, Meta has dedicated forms that are reviewed differently:

• Image privacy rights: a photo or video of you posted without consent, with a specific route for minors and for parents of children under 14
• Non-consensual intimate imagery: intimate photos or videos shared without consent, with matching to block re-uploads
• Defamation report: false statements of fact that harm your reputation, where the form is available in your location
• Privacy and personal information: posts showing your phone number, address, ID or financial details
• Intellectual property: your own photos or videos reused without permission

Meta does not tell the person who posted who filed the report, except for intellectual property reports, where the rights holder’s contact details may be shared.

“Scammer” call-outs and shame posts

In the Philippines, the most common Facebook harm is the call-out post: your name, photo, sometimes your GCash number or address, and the word “scammer” or “exposed”. Meta does not decide who owes whom, so a report that says “this is false” rarely works. What works is the rule each post actually breaks: personal information shared without consent, harassment, photos of you or your children, or threats.

Posts by online lending apps and collectors have their own page: remove lending app shaming posts. Shops and sellers called scammers, see online sellers.

Meta privacy and NCII forms

For intimate images, Meta works with StopNCII.org, a free tool that turns an image into a digital fingerprint on your own device, so participating platforms can block uploads without anyone seeing the image. We never ask you to send us the images: links are enough. For other private photos, the image privacy form lets you ask for removal even when the content does not break the Community Standards. If a minor is involved, report to the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group or the CICC hotline 1326 first. See also how we remove intimate images and remove personal information.

Defamatory posts: what Meta accepts

Meta’s defamation report covers false statements of fact, not opinions, jokes or insults. The report needs the exact links, an explanation of why each statement is false, and ideally documents. Meta weighs it against local law and may restrict the post only in the country concerned. A court decision or a filed complaint makes it much stronger. Online libel falls under the Cybercrime Prevention Act (RA 10175); we are not a law firm and do not give legal advice, but we prepare the report and the evidence file.

When the report is refused

1. Change the ground. A refused harassment report may succeed as a privacy or personal information report.
2. Use the dedicated form instead of the in-app button, with screenshots and context.
3. Contact the group admins or page owner with the evidence; they can remove a post in minutes.
4. Remove it from Google if the post still appears for your name, and copies on other sites.

Honest limits

• Private groups and Messenger chats we cannot access cannot be reported from outside. Send us screenshots from a member.
• Opinions and genuine reviews of your work usually stay. Facebook Page reviews have their own page: remove Facebook Page reviews.
• Meta decides. We file the strongest report and escalate; we cannot force a removal.