Facebook

What is Facebook?

Facebook is a social media service that lets you create a page about yourself, an organisation or group. You can add friends, write on people’s pages, share photos and videos including live videos. You can also subscribe to the pages of other people or organisations, so that you receive updates about them. Facebook also has a private messaging service called Facebook Messenger.

Website: facebook.com

Apps: Android app, Apple iOS app

How do people use Facebook?

Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with how people use social media like Facebook.
Facebook is used for: content sharing, live streaming, location sharing, messaging/online chat, online relationships and photo/video sharing. 

Facebook Messenger, linked to and accessible via Facebook, is used for content sharing, messaging/online chat, online relationships, photo/video sharing, voice chat and video calling.

How can you report online abuse, ask for content to be removed or block someone?

• Report an abusive post to Facebook 
  How to report abusive posts to Facebook or request the removal of content.
• Report images and video to Facebook 
  How to report inappropriate photos or video to Facebook.
• Block or unfriend someone on Facebook 
  How to stop someone from contacting you.

How can you protect your personal information?

• Privacy settings 
  Learn how to keep your account as secure as possible.
• Profile information 
  Manage who can see your profile information and friend list.
• Who can see your posts 
  Choose who can see images and other content you post on Facebook.
• Reactions and comments 
  Control who can see your reactions, comments or anything else you share. 
• Tagging 
  Understand how tagging works and how to control posts and images you are tagged in.
• Control how your Facebook information is shared with other apps and games 
  Limit the personal information and photos Facebook can share with external apps and games.

Key safety links

• Parents Portal 
  Provides a range of safety information for parents and carers about using Facebook.
• Help Centre 
  Offers a range of general help, safety and security information and popular topics. 
• Security check-up 
  Provides information on how to protect your information both on and off Facebook.
• Data policy Outlines Facebook’s policy on the type of information they collect and how they use it.