Privacy and safety on Messenger
Privacy on Messenger
You can find information on how privacy works in Messenger and the tools we provide to help you stay in control of your privacy. For example, you can choose who can see your stories, who can see your active status and more.
Keep in mind that community chats and channels are designed for more public conversations and follow different privacy guidelines. Learn more about privacy and safety for community chats or for channels.
Control your privacy on Messenger
Control who can send messages to your Messenger Chats list
Information collected about you when you join calls without a Facebook or Messenger account
Do advertisers have access to my personal information on Facebook?
How does Facebook decide which ads to show me?
Report a conversation in Messenger
Privacy and safety in community chats
Privacy and safety in social and broadcast channels on Messenger
Safety on Messenger
We want to make sure you know about all the safety resources and information available to you. If you see something that goes against our Community Standards, please let us know.
Ways to stay safe in Messenger
Ways to handle a relationship in Messenger that makes you uncomfortable
What to do if someone in your call makes you uncomfortable
Stay safe in calls on Messenger
If you see a post that suggests someone has an eating disorder
If someone sends you physically abusive or sexually exploitative images of children
Support for suicidal or self-injurious thoughts
Help someone who may be a victim of human trafficking
What to do about suicidal or self-injurious comments
