Most websites with user access have their own policy guidelines which visitors agree to by accessing the content. The Facebook policy guidelines are designed to retain a consistent and high quality user experience for all members. Throughout this guide, we will inform you of the essential policy guidelines that you must follow. Exploitation of Facebook’s system or appearing to ignore the guidelines set may result in your Facebook profile or page being banned.

What Facebook say:
You must not violate any law or the rights of any individual or entity, and must not expose Facebook or Facebook users to harm or legal liability as determined by us in our sole discretion. In particular you will (if applicable): comply with the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), and obtain any opt-in consent necessary from users so that user data subject to the VPPA may be shared on Facebook. You represent that any disclosure to us will not be incidental to the ordinary course of your business.

What Facebook mean:
Be sensible; do not publish anything online which would be an issue in business generally, avoid anything that could breach any copyrights and obtain written consent for any images and videos you publish from the people in them.

What Facebook say:
Promotions: If you run, reference, or facilitate a promotion (contest, competition, or sweepstake) on Facebook, you must comply with Facebook’s Promotions Guidelines.

Permission from Facebook: You must not promote, or provide content referencing, facilitating, or containing online gambling, online real money games of skill or online lotteries without our written permission.

Quality of content: you are responsible for providing users with a quality experience and must not confuse, defraud, mislead, spam or surprise users. For example, you must monitor your app’s negative feedback in Insights to ensure it stays below our thresholds, avoid excessive advertisements or bugs, and ensure the description of your app is consistent with your app’s content.

What Facebook mean:
Check the rules before running any competitions on Facebook. Online gambling should not be referred without express permission. Keep your content positive, spam posts and too many advertisements can lead to negative feedback and there is a limit on how much negative feedback will be tolerated.