Messenger Messenger Privacy changes — 20220902_rev01

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- [Features](https://www.messenger.com/features)

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- [Desktop App](https://www.messenger.com/desktop)

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- [Privacy & Safety](https://www.messenger.com/privacy)

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- [For Developers](https://developers.facebook.com/products/messenger/)

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## You control your Messenger experience

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## Connect with confidence

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## You control your Messenger experience

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## Connect with confidence

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## You control your Messenger experience

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## Connect with confidence

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## Protecting your privacy

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## Open up as you are - privately, safely, confidently

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Who you talk to and what you share should be up to you. We're dedicated to making sure Messenger is a safe, private, and secure place for you to connect with the people who matter. To do this, we've built tools that allow you to stay in control, secure your account, and stay safe on the platform.

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You deserve a private and safe messaging experience, where you can express yourself the way you want to the people you want.

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### KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SAFE

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## Your messages are your messages.

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We want you to know what information we collect and how we use it. We don't use the content of your messages with other people for ad targeting, which means advertisers can't target you based on what you say in messages. As with other parts of Facebook, we collect information from Messenger primarily to provide the service, improve the product experience, and keep people safe and secure.

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[Learn More](https://www.facebook.com/ads/about/)

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## KEEPING HACKERS AT BAY

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## BUILT WITH SAFETY BY DESIGN

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### We have expert teams dedicated to detecting and preventing hackers from accessing your personal messages and information.

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### Messenger has tools to help keep you safe and in control of your own experience.

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We also offer these tools to help you stay safe:

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Messenger's approach to safer private messaging:

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#### Two-Factor Authentication

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#### Preventing harm

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at the source

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Improve your account safety and help protect yourself from hacking and phishing attempts even if your password is compromised.

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Preventing harm from happening in the first place is the best way to keep people safe.

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[Learn More](https://www.facebook.com/help/148233965247823)

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#### Giving you more choice and control

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#### Login Alerts

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In addition to our efforts to prevent harm, we are giving you more control of your messaging inbox to account for the variety of experiences you want.

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Help safeguard your account from potential threats and attacks by enabling login alerts. These alert you if we detect unrecognized logins and login attempts.

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#### Responding

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with care

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[Learn More](https://www.facebook.com/help/162968940433354)

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When we become aware of potential abuse on our services, we respond. We do this by enforcing our Community Standards, sharing data with NCMEC and our law enforcement agencies.

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#### Safer Message Requests

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## HELPING TO KEEP YOU SAFE

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It's easy to block or delete new Message Requests. To keep you extra safe, we also hide or blur images and disable links unless you reply to the message or copy and paste the link in a browser tab.

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### Messenger helps to keep you safe online.

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[Learn More](https://www.facebook.com/help/907368596013605)

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That's why we're constantly working to stop malicious activity before it reaches you.

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## KEEPING YOU SAFE

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Here are the ways we work to protect your safety on Messenger:

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### A safe platform is critical for you to feel secure about sharing with the people you care about.

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## HELPING TO KEEP YOU SAFE

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That's why we're constantly working to stop malicious activity before it reaches you. Here are the ways we work to protect your privacy, safety, and well-being on Messenger:

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### Messenger helps to keep you safe online.

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## KEEPING YOU SAFE

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### A safe platform is critical for you to feel secure about sharing with the people you care about.

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That's why we're constantly working to stop malicious activity before it reaches you.

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Here are the ways we work to protect your privacy, safety, and well-being on Messenger:

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Here are the ways we work to protect your safety on Messenger:

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#### Stopping scammers

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#### Reduce unwanted interactions

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We filter potentially harmful messages so they don't reach your inbox. Safety notices may pop up in your chats to help you spot potential scams or imposters and offer ways to respond like blocking the account.

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We filter potentially harmful messages so they don't reach your inbox. Safety notices may pop up in your chats to help you spot potential scams or imposters, and we detect and block millions of fake accounts on Facebook every day.

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#### Removing fake accounts

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#### Control who you let in

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We detect and block millions of fake accounts on Facebook every day to ensure your Messenger experience stays safe and secure. The majority of these accounts are [caught within minutes of registration](https://transparency.facebook.com/community-standards-enforcement), before they are able to cause harm.

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Messenger continuously innovates to protect you from harm, and tools like multi block help you control your experience. You decide who reaches your Chats list, who goes to your Message Request folder, and who can't message or call you at all.

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#### Leveraging AI

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#### Reduce the spread of misinformation

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We enlist the help of artificial intelligence to identify unusual behavioral patterns correlated with phishing, scamming, and other harmful activities to remove them from our platform. As these harmful activities evolve, so does our technology.

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To help reduce the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content, we limit the number of chats a message can be forwarded to at one time. We also have additional protections in place for content that has been identified as misinformation on Facebook and shared directly into Messenger. For more information, see [How Facebook Protects Elections](https://about.facebook.com/actions/preparing-for-elections-on-facebook/).

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#### Spotting impersonators

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#### Foster a safer community

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The Blue Badge on Messenger lets you make sure the account you're speaking with is authentic, and helps to prevent scammers from posing as public figures, media companies or brands.

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If you come across possible harmful content or behavior, such as harassment or impersonation, please report it. If we see that it violates our [Community Standards](https://l.messenger.com/l.php), we'll take appropriate action, which could include disabling their account or limiting their ability to send messages.

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#### Reducing the spread of misinformation

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#### Enhance safeguards for minors

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To reduce the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content, we limit the number of chats a message can be forwarded to at one time. We also have additional protections in place for content that has been identified as misinformation on Facebook and shared directly into Messenger. For more information, [see How Facebook Protects Elections](https://l.messenger.com/l.php).

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Keeping minors safe on our platforms is one of our greatest responsibilities. Automatically, we provide enhanced safety features for minors such as limiting who can message them and how they can be found in search, and offer them education and resources. We also use machine learning to detect and disable accounts who are engaging in inappropriate interactions with children.

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#### Enhanced safeguards for minors

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#### Review and enforce

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Keeping minors safe on our platforms is one of our greatest responsibilities. We provide enhanced safety features for children under the age of 18 such as limiting who can message them and how they can be found in search, and offer them educational tips. We also use machine learning to detect and disable accounts who are engaging in inappropriate interactions with children.

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Reporting is an essential tool for responding to abuse effectively and preventing further harm. Reports are prioritized based on the severity of harm, which allows us to respond quickly to issues like exploitation or child safety.

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## Additional resources

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New! Message your Instagram friends right from Messenger. [Learn More.](https://l.messenger.com/l.php)

 - [Features](https://www.messenger.com/features)
 - [Desktop App](https://www.messenger.com/desktop)
 - [Privacy & Safety](https://www.messenger.com/privacy)
 - [For Developers](https://developers.facebook.com/products/messenger/)
+## You control your Messenger experience
+## Connect with confidence
+## You control your Messenger experience
+## Connect with confidence
+## You control your Messenger experience
+## Connect with confidence
+## Protecting your privacy
+## Open up as you are - privately, safely, confidently
+Who you talk to and what you share should be up to you. We're dedicated to making sure Messenger is a safe, private, and secure place for you to connect with the people who matter. To do this, we've built tools that allow you to stay in control, secure your account, and stay safe on the platform.
+You deserve a private and safe messaging experience, where you can express yourself the way you want to the people you want.
 ### KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SAFE
 ## Your messages are your messages.
 We want you to know what information we collect and how we use it. We don't use the content of your messages with other people for ad targeting, which means advertisers can't target you based on what you say in messages. As with other parts of Facebook, we collect information from Messenger primarily to provide the service, improve the product experience, and keep people safe and secure.
 [Learn More](https://www.facebook.com/ads/about/)
+## KEEPING HACKERS AT BAY
+## BUILT WITH SAFETY BY DESIGN
+### We have expert teams dedicated to detecting and preventing hackers from accessing your personal messages and information.
+### Messenger has tools to help keep you safe and in control of your own experience.
+We also offer these tools to help you stay safe:
+Messenger's approach to safer private messaging:
+#### Two-Factor Authentication
+#### Preventing harm
+at the source
+Improve your account safety and help protect yourself from hacking and phishing attempts even if your password is compromised.
+Preventing harm from happening in the first place is the best way to keep people safe.
+[Learn More](https://www.facebook.com/help/148233965247823)
+#### Giving you more choice and control
+#### Login Alerts
+In addition to our efforts to prevent harm, we are giving you more control of your messaging inbox to account for the variety of experiences you want.
+Help safeguard your account from potential threats and attacks by enabling login alerts. These alert you if we detect unrecognized logins and login attempts.
+#### Responding
+with care
+[Learn More](https://www.facebook.com/help/162968940433354)
+When we become aware of potential abuse on our services, we respond. We do this by enforcing our Community Standards, sharing data with NCMEC and our law enforcement agencies.
+#### Safer Message Requests
+## HELPING TO KEEP YOU SAFE
+It's easy to block or delete new Message Requests. To keep you extra safe, we also hide or blur images and disable links unless you reply to the message or copy and paste the link in a browser tab.
+### Messenger helps to keep you safe online.
+[Learn More](https://www.facebook.com/help/907368596013605)
+That's why we're constantly working to stop malicious activity before it reaches you.
+## KEEPING YOU SAFE
+Here are the ways we work to protect your safety on Messenger:
+### A safe platform is critical for you to feel secure about sharing with the people you care about.
+## HELPING TO KEEP YOU SAFE
+That's why we're constantly working to stop malicious activity before it reaches you. Here are the ways we work to protect your privacy, safety, and well-being on Messenger:
+### Messenger helps to keep you safe online.
+## KEEPING YOU SAFE
+### A safe platform is critical for you to feel secure about sharing with the people you care about.
 That's why we're constantly working to stop malicious activity before it reaches you.
+Here are the ways we work to protect your privacy, safety, and well-being on Messenger:
+Here are the ways we work to protect your safety on Messenger:
+#### Stopping scammers
+#### Reduce unwanted interactions
+We filter potentially harmful messages so they don't reach your inbox. Safety notices may pop up in your chats to help you spot potential scams or imposters and offer ways to respond like blocking the account.
+We filter potentially harmful messages so they don't reach your inbox. Safety notices may pop up in your chats to help you spot potential scams or imposters, and we detect and block millions of fake accounts on Facebook every day.
+#### Removing fake accounts
+#### Control who you let in
+We detect and block millions of fake accounts on Facebook every day to ensure your Messenger experience stays safe and secure. The majority of these accounts are [caught within minutes of registration](https://transparency.facebook.com/community-standards-enforcement), before they are able to cause harm.
+Messenger continuously innovates to protect you from harm, and tools like multi block help you control your experience. You decide who reaches your Chats list, who goes to your Message Request folder, and who can't message or call you at all.
+#### Leveraging AI
+#### Reduce the spread of misinformation
+We enlist the help of artificial intelligence to identify unusual behavioral patterns correlated with phishing, scamming, and other harmful activities to remove them from our platform. As these harmful activities evolve, so does our technology.
+To help reduce the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content, we limit the number of chats a message can be forwarded to at one time. We also have additional protections in place for content that has been identified as misinformation on Facebook and shared directly into Messenger. For more information, see [How Facebook Protects Elections](https://about.facebook.com/actions/preparing-for-elections-on-facebook/).
+#### Spotting impersonators
+#### Foster a safer community
+The Blue Badge on Messenger lets you make sure the account you're speaking with is authentic, and helps to prevent scammers from posing as public figures, media companies or brands.
+If you come across possible harmful content or behavior, such as harassment or impersonation, please report it. If we see that it violates our [Community Standards](https://l.messenger.com/l.php), we'll take appropriate action, which could include disabling their account or limiting their ability to send messages.
+#### Reducing the spread of misinformation
+#### Enhance safeguards for minors
+To reduce the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content, we limit the number of chats a message can be forwarded to at one time. We also have additional protections in place for content that has been identified as misinformation on Facebook and shared directly into Messenger. For more information, [see How Facebook Protects Elections](https://l.messenger.com/l.php).
+Keeping minors safe on our platforms is one of our greatest responsibilities. Automatically, we provide enhanced safety features for minors such as limiting who can message them and how they can be found in search, and offer them education and resources. We also use machine learning to detect and disable accounts who are engaging in inappropriate interactions with children.
+#### Enhanced safeguards for minors
+#### Review and enforce
+Keeping minors safe on our platforms is one of our greatest responsibilities. We provide enhanced safety features for children under the age of 18 such as limiting who can message them and how they can be found in search, and offer them educational tips. We also use machine learning to detect and disable accounts who are engaging in inappropriate interactions with children.
+Reporting is an essential tool for responding to abuse effectively and preventing further harm. Reports are prioritized based on the severity of harm, which allows us to respond quickly to issues like exploitation or child safety.
 ## Additional resources
+New! Message your Instagram friends right from Messenger. [Learn More.](https://l.messenger.com/l.php)

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