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What changed in ClearRules

New guides, learning improvements and source review status. Dates below refer to updates to this library.

Panama data protection and Luxembourg complaint steps

Panama now has an ANTAI route for your own personal data, with scope, documents and alternatives to the online form. Luxembourg now explains the prior controller request, languages, acknowledgement and CNPD follow-up. Checked 31 October 2026. Neither route guarantees account recovery.

One screen does not choose for everyone

Instagram on television raises a useful question: are people choosing something together, or watching one person's recommendations at a greater distance?

Ecuador and Norway: personal-data complaints

Added Ecuador: when to contact SPDP, what to prepare and how to confirm receipt. Norway now explains Datatilsynet complaints, the postal alternative and follow-up. A data-rights complaint does not replace an account appeal. Sources checked on 30 October 2026.

Translate messages, pin details and send larger files

Three new guides explain translating an Instagram message and confirming its meaning, pinning a current address in a chat, and checking a large Messenger attachment. Each includes an example, three actions and limitations. Meta sources checked on 30 October 2026; these are existing features, not new announcements.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: data complaints; deeper Sweden guidance

Added Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official AZLP route: scope, signed form, evidence and follow-up. Sweden’s IMY guidance now explains filing, receipts, cross-border cases and delayed handling. Sources checked on 29 October 2026. All seven languages distinguish personal-data complaints from account-ban appeals; no reinstatement is promised.

A trial Reel cannot answer every question

A video can work for strangers without telling you what your regular audience needs. That is a reason to choose the question more carefully, not to dismiss the result.

Albania data protection and preparing an NPC complaint in the Philippines

Added Albania’s official personal-data complaint route and expanded the Philippines NPC guidance on prior notice to the organisation, documents, notarisation, costs and follow-up. All seven languages distinguish territorial conditions, procedural limits and untested submission. These are not alternative account-ban appeals. Primary sources were checked on 28 October 2026.

Personal-data complaints in North Macedonia and Denmark

Added North Macedonia’s AZLP complaint route and expanded Denmark’s Datatilsynet guidance. The instructions explain when a complaint fits, how to prepare evidence, filing options and next steps. Signature requirements, alternatives to MitID and timing limits are distinguished. Sources checked on 27 October 2026; filing was not tested and account recovery is not guaranteed.

Instagram Features: more room is not a reason to say more

Instagram is testing longer videos. The useful change is letting an established audience stay for the explanation—not making every creator produce a longer one.

Tunisia privacy complaints and Kenya consumer disputes

Added Tunisia with the INPDP written privacy-complaint route and expanded Kenya’s CAK consumer route. All seven languages distinguish jurisdiction, evidence, costs, time limits and follow-up from account recovery. Official sources were checked on 22 October 2026; older manuals and untested filing channels are identified separately.

Instagram harassment filters and Facebook moderation and contact privacy

Added three practical guides on choosing Instagram harassment filters, reviewing Facebook Moderation Assist criteria and limiting displayed Facebook contact details without confusing them with recovery contacts. All seven languages include source limitations, verification steps and next actions. Public Meta sources were reviewed on 22 October 2026; no account changes or complaints were submitted.

Instagram Instants: familiar safeguards, new questions

Ofcom’s Instants investigation concerns risk assessment before launch. That is a different question from whether the familiar safety controls are there.

Morocco privacy complaints and Nigeria consumer disputes

Added Morocco with a CNDP personal-data complaint guide and expanded Nigeria’s FCCPC consumer route. Both explain eligibility, preparation, filing channels, timing limits and follow-up in all seven languages. Morocco’s rectification clock is distinguished from a regulator’s investigation; Nigeria’s published handling range is not a deadline. Official sources were reviewed on 21 October 2026. No complaint was submitted and no account restoration or refund is guaranteed.

Live recordings, Trial Reel audiences and disappearing messages

Added three practical guides: preserving and checking a Facebook Live recording, avoiding the assumption that an Instagram Trial Reel is a private draft, and checking Messenger disappearing-message conditions. Each includes preparation, steps, limits and a next step if something goes wrong. Sources were reviewed on 21 October 2026; historical announcements are distinguished from unverified current menus and availability. No account was tested and no preservation, privacy or recovery outcome is guaranteed.

Clearer translations, contact templates and recovery guidance

Corrected selected French and Japanese OR/AND help-option labels, Japanese response-status and review wording, and an Urdu option label. Two contact templates no longer claim screenshots are attached without confirmation. Removed blanket personal/work account code separation: use an authenticator entry only when the official screen requests an authenticator code, matching the indicated account or Meta Account, without assuming the code works for another profile. The 21 October check covers only supplementary sources for these clarifications; the main Meta Help source remains excerpt-reviewed with its original check date.

Clarifications for New Zealand, Japan and Finland

Clarified New Zealand OPC guidance: contact the organisation first and allow at least 30 working days to resolve the issue. This is not the statutory deadline for a data-access response. For Japan, distinguished basic court fees from postage, security and other costs. For Finland, added a reminder to check form availability before submitting, without promising that it will reopen or that an account will be restored. The source check dated 21 October 2026 covers only these points.

Clearer search and help journeys

Fixed platform selection in guidance, the distinction between receiving and filing a report, Japanese queries and country continuity. Added direct home links for hacked accounts and official country help. Source-review limits remain visible; an interface update does not mean every policy has been rechecked.

The account is back. What about the time lost?

Around an election, correcting a wrongful restriction matters. Correcting it while the post can still serve its purpose matters too.

Zambia consumer protection and Peru Indecopi complaints

Added Zambia’s official CCPC consumer complaint route, with purchase evidence, prior seller contact and jurisdiction limits. Peru’s Reclama Virtual guidance now explains its distinction from a formal complaint and the next steps. A seller’s response deadline is not an authority processing deadline; refunds and account restoration are not guaranteed. Updated in all seven languages.

Group anonymity, public comments and Reels activity

Three practical guides: who can identify an anonymous Facebook group contributor, how commenting permissions differ from post visibility, and the limits of Instagram Friends-tab activity controls. Includes result checks, separate handling of earlier interactions and explicit source-verification limits.

A deepfake can harm you without changing your face

A deepfake can preserve someone’s appearance and invent everything else. A case involving a fabricated video of a campaign volunteer shows why rules must recognize not just altered images, but conduct falsely attributed to a person.

Mauritius and technical help in Malaysia

Added Mauritius: personal-data complaints, the processing connection to the country, two forms and online-filing limits. Expanded Malaysia’s Cyber999 guidance with actual form fields, evidence, contacts and what response times mean. All content is available in seven languages, without promising account restoration.

Updated three account-recovery guides

Expanded the existing guides on a lost authenticator, unavailable email or phone number, and a disabled account. Added Google Authenticator transfer requirements, next steps when no alternative verification is offered, and a missing appeal-button example. Clarified the limits of Meta’s announced logged-out support. All additions are available in seven languages. Some full Meta Help pages remain unverified; the primary Meta Help source statuses and check dates are preserved.

Data protection: Serbia and Slovenia

Added Serbia and expanded Slovenia’s complaint guidance: scope, evidence, filing, timing and next steps. Available in all seven languages, without account-restoration promises.

No note does not mean verified

Community Notes can help explain a post. Their absence does not answer the same question in reverse.

Costa Rica data rights and a deeper Singapore procedure

Added PRODHab: applicability, documents, signatures, submission channels and distinct time limits. Singapore PDPC now explains Singpass, prior contact, conflicting waiting periods and initial response. Seven languages; no account-restoration promise.

A festival Reel has two audiences

A jury judges a film against the competition brief. Someone scrolling their feed has never read it. The Edits festival in Mumbai makes the difference worth remembering.

Uganda data rights and a deeper Kenya complaint guide

Added Uganda’s government PDPO route: scope, preparation, form, specific rights deadlines and limits. Kenya ODPC now explains email verification, documents, free filing and an alternative channel. A data complaint is not account restoration.

AI saved you time. You don’t have to spend it on another post

In Meta’s new survey, business owners say they use time saved to improve work they have already done. For Instagram and Facebook, that is more useful than another instruction to post more often.

Ghana: personal data and cyber incidents

Added separate DPC and CSA/CERT-GH routes with eligibility, evidence, steps and limits. Today’s Australian expansion is the detailed CourtSA Final Notice P1 guide. No route promises automatic account restoration.

CourtSA Final Notice P1: a careful route through a Meta dispute

South Australia: eligibility, real costs, service, evidence and what a final notice can and cannot achieve. The 21-day period is not a guaranteed Meta reply or recovery deadline. Rule 332.3(3) expressly does not require a written response to P1. Silence is not an admission, judgment or permission to enforce. A notice does not establish jurisdiction or extend another deadline.

More control over unwanted contact, comments and tags

Three practical guides cover new Instagram requests and group invitations, recurring abuse or spam in Facebook Page comments, and reviewing tags on your own posts. Each includes preparation, steps, limits and what to do if a control fails. Sources were checked on October 14, with access limitations disclosed.

Facebook wants us to tell the algorithm what we want. About time.

A new column asks what happens when explicit feedback about Facebook recommendations conflicts with viewing history. It examines Meta’s October 13 announcement; availability for every account remains unconfirmed.

Messages, friends lists and event privacy

Three practical guides cover unsending an Instagram message, Facebook friends-list visibility and choosing event privacy before creation. Each includes preparation, result checks and a next step if it fails, in all six languages. Official Help was reviewed through public indexed excerpts on 13 October; access and verification limits appear beside the sources. This is our review date, not an announcement of new Meta rules.

The ad looks harmless. Where does the link go?

Two questions matter in Meta’s October 7 safety statement: what happens after a click, and what an enforcement report actually proves.

Stories, archived posts and personal accounts

Three practical guides explain how to hide Instagram stories from selected accounts, archive or restore your own Facebook posts, and switch Instagram back to personal. Each includes preparation, result checks, limits and official-source review dated 12 October. All six languages are complete. Help evidence is excerpt-only; the dated Meta archive announcement was fully read.

Profile discovery, profile locking and unwanted chats

Three practical Facebook and Messenger guides cover external search-engine links, profile locking where available, and restricting a Messenger conversation. Each includes preparation, steps, result checks and limitations. Feature availability and evidence drawn from Help excerpts are clearly identified.

AI runs your business. Who clicks “Publish”?

Muse promises to take some of the busywork off a business owner’s plate. But useful help starts with a clear answer to one question: what, exactly, have we given it permission to do?

AI took the post down. Can it explain why?

Meta is expanding automated moderation. A column on what a useful explanation should tell us, and why a review needs the power to correct a mistake.

Contacts, tags and app access

Three new Facebook guides cover stopping contact uploads and checking previously uploaded contacts, hiding a post versus removing a tag, and reviewing third-party app access. Each includes steps, limitations and source links.

Two new diagrams: copycat profiles and the second factor

Two existing guides now have diagrams in six languages: distinguish a separate copycat from a takeover of your own account, and see why resetting a password does not replace the second factor. The diagrams explain relationships and check order without imitating app screens or promising recovery.

Clearer diagrams in three guides

Repetitive cards have been replaced with one diagram per guide: sender domains, private Instagram audiences and Facebook post-audience settings. All diagrams are available in six languages.

First step-by-step cards

Three guides now include visual step cards: suspicious email, private Instagram accounts and Facebook post audiences. Written instructions remain available and images can be enlarged. These are explanatory diagrams, not app screenshots.

Check an email sender’s domain

A new local tool compares the claimed sender domain with checked Meta references and explains how to review the email in your account. A match does not authenticate the email or establish safety. The tool does not transmit the input; Instagram and Facebook guidance is kept distinct.

In the column: carousels in Edits

A look at the 7 October announcement: where the editor helps and when extra slides get in the way. Includes iOS and Android limits, an original illustration and six language editions.

Clearer next steps and help handoffs

Recovery now has one main action, with further options in a separate disclosure. A duplicate route was merged while keeping its instructions and editable draft. New guides have contextual entrances and older links still work. Report-to-country handoffs retain the selected situation and an explicit return. Seller-dispute views omit mismatched Apple, Google Play and Meta-specific refund procedures; the full payment list remains available separately.

Specialist help in context

Services for intimate images and child sexual exploitation are grouped in a separate expandable section. They no longer appear to be general remedies for exposed addresses or phone numbers. General help, police and safety warnings stay outside the group; all options are preserved.

A clearer next step

External-review prerequisites are visible before opening a card. Initial options precede later reviews; India’s Grievance Officer no-response path is explicit. Returning to the directory and browser history now retain the correct context.

Help beyond Meta

The reporting section now offers 36 external options: public bodies, support services, protective tools and independent review. Choose a country and read each option’s requirements, limits, costs and sources. Topic relevance does not confirm eligibility. Existing Meta reporting paths are preserved.

Clearer visual hierarchy

The homepage now features the latest column and its cover. Article and route openings are more compact, with quieter secondary actions. Links, questions and saved cases are unchanged.

Three new practical lessons

Added lessons on audiences and private details in screenshots, unwanted interactions and reporting impersonation. There are now 15 lessons, 60 practice situations and 30 questions in the final-check bank. Lesson progress is preserved; the final check has changed. Improved contrast for the lesson filter label and search explanations.

More readable text and a clearer column link

Removed compressed letter spacing from site headings and standalone tools. The ClearRules column is now in the top menu. The first article has a more conversational voice; article cards use native links and arrows no longer depend on font glyph support.

The ClearRules column is here

A new section discusses Instagram and Facebook news with an editorial viewpoint and primary-source links. The first column explores Forum, groups and trust in advice. It is available in six languages with an original illustration; the event date is shown separately from publication.

New help routes: Thailand, Peru and Taiwan

Added three countries and six help routes covering online-problem advice, consumer disputes, personal-data rights and suspected fraud. Each has requirements, steps, sources and verification limits, with an editable recipient-bound draft and action plan. None guarantees account reinstatement; real submissions were not tested.

Your appeal stage follows you into the guide

If you said you already submitted an appeal for a disabled account or cannot find the review button, opening the detailed guide and then the preparation page keeps that answer and your chosen platform. Switching platforms clears the inherited answer. No submission record is created automatically.

New reporting hub

The new reporting hub covers bullying, threats, impersonation, privacy, scams, suspected counterfeit goods, copyright and trademarks. It helps organize facts, distinguish rights holders from authorized representatives, find relevant official guidance and plan follow-up. Reports are not submitted automatically, removal is not guaranteed, and forms requiring sign-in have not been tested.

Three new guides for Messenger, passkeys and Meta Verified

Added three guides covering missing Messenger history and PINs, passkey login with Facebook instructions and gradual Instagram availability, and Meta Verified billing, cancellation and refunds for creators. Each guide links to official sources and related help pages to help you choose the next step for your situation.

Dates and replies in “My case”

Under “My case”, you can opt in to saving follow-up dates, checklist selections and edited replies on this device, with no server upload. Older progress files can still be opened. A standard progress file contains only the situation and actions. A case file with dates and replies also contains saved dates, checklist selections and reply texts, and may include personal data. Save the initial request and fields containing personal data separately.

Status enquiries and case replies

The guided route can help prepare factual status enquiries and replies to information requests using the instructions for your existing case. You can separately mark that you have actually sent the requested information; this marker is included in opt-in saved progress and exports. An acknowledgement no longer clears an outstanding information request.

Template clarity and privacy updates

Corrected the distinction between no decision and no response. In the Brazil template, identifiers are no longer added automatically to the public text; private-field details are separate. ACE preparation for a hacked account stays factual and does not assume a moderation decision exists.

The selected hacked-account issue stays selected

When a hacked-account issue is selected, it is preserved across country-help navigation and step-by-step guidance, without automatically switching to account suspension. Only routing has changed; the laws and request templates covered have not been expanded. The text checker’s edit button now returns to the editor without showing a comparison before another check.

Clearer sign-in and recovery guidance

Ordinary sign-in problems now use neutral request wording without assuming a hack. Opening the step-by-step guide keeps the sign-in issue and selected platform. If the recovery page won’t open, technical troubleshooting comes before country-specific escalation. Draft texts stay separate by type and language when filters change.

Clearer rechecking after changes

While you edit, the previous report stays visible and is clearly marked as belonging to the earlier version. If you change the text or platform, you need to explicitly confirm that your previous answers still apply or reset them before checking again. Resetting answers keeps your draft text.

More guidance for Instagram text

Instagram text checks now flag selected exaggerated health claims and engagement-bait patterns as possible recommendation-eligibility issues. Coverage limits are clearer. Facebook-specific giveaway conditions are not applied to Instagram. The text checker remains available in Russian, English and Spanish, with related guides in six languages.

More precise text-check guidance

The Russian, English and Spanish text checker better distinguishes quotes and negations. Suggested actions use the context already provided without inventing business examples. Answer-based findings let you change the relevant answer. Printed reports retain the check’s limitations. No new checker languages have been added.

A simpler text check before posting

In the Russian, English and Spanish checker, the editor stays alongside the results. General self-review questions are separate from text findings, with explanations and source links visible immediately. The check works with text only, without photo uploads or sending drafts to a server. Improved recognition of selected Facebook reaction requests. The full source catalogue on About can now be expanded when needed.

About the project and contacting ClearRules

Explained why ClearRules exists and why its help is free. Clarified that the project is not affiliated with Meta. Added contact@clearrules.social to the About and help pages and the site footer in all six languages. A warning beside the address asks you not to send passwords, login codes, 2FA secret keys or photos of documents.

Clearer support messages and navigation

Clarified the purpose of each draft: an initial request, a follow-up, a response to a request for documents or a message after a refusal. Improved the guidance for messages to external bodies. Existing edits are preserved when a draft is updated. Related links keep your selected platform as you move between sections.

Regional summaries and page loading

Added hourly summaries for the UK, India and Brazil, with short editorial explanations based on Downdetector headings. Information is marked as stale after 90 minutes; unverified or stale data leaves the status unknown. Reduced the amount to load on the home, library and status pages and in interactive guide features. Fixed links opening with or without a trailing slash.

Clearer ACE requirements and ASBFEO preparation

Clarified ACE’s age, time, language and scope requirements. You can check that option without waiting for Meta’s internal appeal; your existing case record is unchanged. ASBFEO preparation now separates two 1,000-character fields from the business-information checklist. Exceeding a limit does not silently cut your facts.

Search respects important distinctions

Improved searches about a missing second code and linked accounts. Explicitly ruling out a hack should no longer route you to hacked-account recovery, and personal and advertising restrictions are distinguished more carefully. Fixed scrolling to a new learning question with enlarged text. Reviewed official copyright and music excerpts while retaining the limits of that review.

Facebook code help and platform continuity

Added the Facebook code guide to generic sign-in journeys. Returning from the contact route now keeps your chosen platform. Fixed cramped lettering in the short-answer heading. These issues were found while checking the published site in a browser.

Keep your message before changing cases

Before changing cases or loading another progress file, you can download your message and entered details separately. Your edited message stays available to download after returning to the input fields. A second review also removed accusatory wording from a lesson and clarified the limits of European consumer assistance.

A clearer next step

Continued editing guides, lessons and country-specific support options in all four languages. Clarified requirements and the order of steps, and corrected ambiguous translations. The Account Status guide now includes login help. Quiz explanations no longer rely on answer order. Source review dates are unchanged.

Clearer help with rules and account access

Reworded unclear explanations and examples in all four languages. The Account Status guide now starts with how to find the section, then offers steps for what you see. We clarified support messages and hacked-account guidance, and removed an outdated lesson count. This is an editorial update; official source review dates are unchanged.

Clearer guidance and more reliable help links

Rewrote the reach and Account Status guide in four languages. Corrected unclear translations and the Facebook code-help link. Related guides keep your chosen platform; without a selection, sign-in help shows both service statuses. The home page now selects recent guides by publication date.

Help in 61 countries and steps after a reply

Added the Philippines, Malaysia, Kenya, Nigeria and Uruguay: six official data and payment procedures with forms and filing steps. The directory now contains 207 entries. Eight new user stories explain where access was reportedly restored and where the outcome is still unconfirmed. New guidance explains Appeals Centre Europe replies and the stages of US small-claims cases. Available in four languages.

12 short lessons with practice

New lessons cover hacked accounts, login codes, restrictions and errors, appeals, music rights and Page access. There are now 48 practice situations and 24 final-check questions. Try three practice questions or a 12-question check at a time. There are different lesson selections for personal use, creators and businesses. Open practical help directly from any lesson; your progress records which lessons you have completed.

Advertising restrictions and Facebook names

Ad accounts, business portfolios, Pages and a person’s access permissions now have separate explanations. Added instructions for changing a profile name, username and Page name.

Where to write and what to do next

Added guidance on contacting support, appeal errors and waiting for a reply, plus a guide to assessing paid-recovery promises. Links keep your selected platform.

Trademark appeals

Separated creator appeals, brand-owner reports and report retractions. Added official Instagram and Facebook instructions and an editable message draft.

An Instagram break or deletion

Added step-by-step action choices, data export, account checks and cancellation using the deadline in your notice.

Getting back access to manage a Page

The new access guide covers other administrators, hacking, personal profiles and business ownership. It includes a hacked-Page recovery form for eligible cases and a link from the restriction guide.

What happened to your Facebook Page

Separated Meta restrictions, lost access and voluntary deactivation, with examples and a next step for each.

Marketplace restrictions

The new guide separates rejected listings, Marketplace restrictions, access requirements and whole-account suspensions, with a next step for each.

Facebook code not arriving

Added separate guidance for SMS, email and authenticator codes, with routes for lost contacts or a lost second factor.

When identity verification gets stuck

Two guides cover Instagram video selfies and Facebook IDs. Recording and upload errors are separated from pending and rejected checks, with official next steps.

Facebook restricted because of Instagram

A separate guide covers your Instagram, an unfamiliar profile in the notice and signs of a hack, with a next step for each.

Instagram suspensions for CSE and Integrity

Two separate guides explain the notice, give everyday examples and suggest the next step for your situation. They include editable review templates and explain what outside bodies can and cannot do. Search recognises CSE and Integrity. Full policy pages were unavailable, so the source review is labelled partial.

What to do after submitting a request

Your plan now has a checklist for while you wait: check the confirmation, case messages and requests for more information. You can enter your submission date and the reply date given by the recipient, then download the list. These notes are not included in saved progress. The home page now loads only the guides it shows, in your selected language, instead of the full article database.

One search for guides, forms and country help

Search from the home page and menu now covers guides, Meta contact routes and country help. It distinguishes copied-photo reports from appeals of your own removed post. Selected instructions open directly. Edit and copy contact templates on the page; they are not sent or saved after closing.

Help options are easier to compare

Country lists now show what each service does and its main conditions before you open it. Each option expands in one step; its position in the list is not a ranking. You can also answer questions to find a suitable option. If you select a personal account, ASBFEO is not offered. Your answer about business use is carried into the next steps.

Your choices carry through

Your selected platform carries into guides, and next steps use your earlier answers about appeals. Country help now lets you choose Instagram or Facebook. You decide whether to use a new or saved case. Changing the help flow’s language keeps your answers. We also fixed a problem with preparing outage reports for submission.

Specific forms and steps to get help

The directory now has 201 entries for 56 countries. Added five consumer-help options for the UK and Iceland and clearer forms and steps for Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Greece, Finland and Latvia. Cards include additional official contacts, the conditions for using them and the dates their sources were reviewed. Choose your country and issue to see the main action, then open the details when needed. Available in four languages.

More practical routes, including what happens next

Added 54 entries, bringing the directory to 196 bodies, services and procedures for 56 countries. New options cover advice, mediation, consumer arbitration, templates and Apple or Google refunds. Each explains what to expect and how to follow up after no reply, a rejection or a decision that has not been carried out. Local eligibility limits and the old EU ODR platform’s closure are stated. The expanded list does not claim to include every possible remedy. Available in four languages.

More help routes and real experiences

Expanded from 97 to 142 entries across 56 countries: alternative DSA bodies, consumer and court routes, and cybercrime assistance. Account restrictions and removed posts now have separate paths. International services are labelled separately from local bodies. Eight experience notes distinguish official cases, user reports and limitations; stories do not guarantee results. Each link retains eligibility and review details.

Help by country and issue

Added a section for all 56 countries in our selector, with 97 entries covering bodies, services and procedures. Choose a country and issue for purpose, steps and limits. Account appeals are separate from data rights, payments, harmful content and court claims. Country selection carries into the guided route. Each card states its source-review limits: some links still lead to an authority rather than a reviewed form.

A message with your details

For account restrictions, you can now prepare a message for your selected recipient. Enter the account and, if known, the date and additional facts. Your earlier answers are included automatically. Edit, copy or download the text. It uses a template without inventing circumstances; personal details stay on the open page. Court output is case preparation notes, not a completed claim.

Next steps for your country

The help finder now asks questions in sequence and gives one main next step. Added routes for India, Australia, Brazil and eligible EU cases. US options include consumer agencies and court resources for all 50 states and DC. Small claims is a separate choice, with the individual court’s rules to check. Includes message drafts, official links and saved progress. A pending request does not lead to a duplicate filing.

Status Center: an outage or an access problem?

Added Instagram and Facebook status pages, direct help links and problem reports without account details. A status summary appears automatically during sign-in troubleshooting. Independent external sources and continuous background monitoring are not connected yet: technical checks run on requests, and missing data never becomes a green status. History contains only actual saved checks. Available in all four languages.

Five new answers: data, privacy and your feed

The library now has 58 topics in four languages. New guides cover data downloads, a Facebook break, activity status, Close Friends Stories and resetting Instagram recommendations. Each includes an example, three steps and a source-review explanation. Pages now link to our editorial method and distinguish publication from source-review dates.

ClearRules is now available in Hindi

Hindi now covers 53 guides, examples, step-by-step help, the contact directory and learning activities. Search supports Devanagari and selected everyday Roman Hindi queries. Source links and review statuses are preserved. The text-analysis demo still supports only Russian, English and Spanish.

Practical contact routes below the answer

Answers now include alternative actions with eligibility, preparation lists and Meta links. Added copyable example messages and a filterable directory of forms, official email addresses and support routes. Reports about other people’s content are separate from appeals for your own posts. Pending reviews do not prompt a new submission. Available in Russian, English and Spanish. Channel purposes were researched using official Help text and excerpts; submissions were not tested and review limits appear on each card.

From a problem to clear next steps

Answers about suspensions, hacking, lost access, removed posts and reduced reach now include three steps on the same page. Choose Instagram or Facebook, open official help and see what to do if a button is missing. Eight detailed guides are updated in all three languages. Submitted reviews and missing review buttons have their own steps. Source-review statuses are preserved.

Start with your situation

The home page starts with six everyday questions. A dedicated account-suspension route and a three-step guide bring the library to 53 topics in three languages. Searches such as “my account is suspended” offer clarification and prioritise account help. The guided flow shows one question at a time. Guides put actions before examples and expand source-review details on request. Learning starts with a first-lesson or resume button. The new guide uses official Help excerpts; full pages still need review.

Answers, examples and learning come first

The home page and main menu now focus on the library, situation help and learning. The text checker, Policy Graph and quality lab are grouped under In development, linked from the footer. The demos remain usable and each carries a clear development label. Existing links still work. Home-page suggestions now start with passwords and private accounts.

Who sees your posts, and how to limit contact

Added three everyday guides: private Instagram accounts, Facebook post audiences, and the difference between muting, restricting and blocking. The library now has 52 topics in three languages. Examples cover family photos, forgotten public posts and unwanted messages. Find the guides through search, the map and two new situation routes. Two use official Help excerpts alongside read Meta explanations; full Help pages still need review. The interaction guide uses read official articles. We also introduced The Clear Rule identity: an open C with a blue line, a new tab icon, a light palette and “Know before you post.”

Start with the basics: passwords, codes and account access

Added six everyday guides: forgotten passwords, missing Instagram recovery messages, lost authenticators, unavailable email or phone contacts, unsolicited reset emails and unfamiliar logins. Each has a realistic situation and three next steps. There are now 49 topics in three languages. Five new situation outcomes and an improved second-code route lead to these guides; password help appears on the home page. Five additions use official help text or excerpts available in search, with full pages still awaiting review. The unfamiliar-login guide uses read Meta explanations. None promises account recovery or a way around ownership checks.

Weight-loss ads, vapes, blackmail and teen visibility

Added four guides with everyday examples and three actions each. The library now has 43 topics in Russian, English and Spanish. Weight-loss and nicotine-vape advertising use official excerpts; the full policies remain unreviewed. The blackmail guide links to Take It Down and StopNCII and includes an older-photo scenario. The teen-visibility guide explains why one unavailable post does not prove a ban. Find the guides through search, the map, Policy Graph and four new situation outcomes. Automated text-checking coverage is unchanged.

A shorter path to your answer

The main menu now has three actions: check text, find your situation and browse rules. The home page leads with search and six familiar situations. The library opens with guides; extra filters expand when needed. All 39 guides start with a short answer and links to an example and next steps. The checker states its scope more clearly: it checks selected wording and does not provide approval from Meta. Available in all three languages. Source review states and dates are unchanged; this is an interface update, not a new policy review.

Job ads, housing, AI voices and live-stream music

Added three guides in Russian, English and Spanish: a café hiring a barista, an owner promoting an apartment and a creator using AI narration. Each has a scenario, three actions and a before/after example. The music guide now covers a shop’s playlist during a live stream. The library has 39 topics. Find the new guides through search, the map, Policy Graph and two new situation outcomes. Advertising guides state the limits of country and settings review; the full Music Guidelines still await review.

Threats, sales and notes on posts: five more guides

The library now has 36 topics in Russian, English and Spanish. Added Instagram threats, attacks on groups, private prescription-medicine listings, shops impersonating brands and Community Notes. Each guide includes practical examples and changes, with two extra screenshot scenarios. Five new situation choices lead to relevant guides. The full policies for group attacks and medicines remain unreviewed, visibly marked in those guides. The notes guide uses the US launch explanation and does not imply availability in every country.

Five new guides and four more everyday examples

Added guides on replica products, mismatched ad and website offers, impersonation, responding to a bad review and sensitive material in recommendations. Existing guides now include apartment photos, a hotel stay for a review, a customer screenshot and a consultation ad. The library has 31 topics in three languages, connected to the section map, search and Policy Graph. Replica and landing-page guides are marked preliminary because their full requirements still need review. The other three cite read Meta articles with explicit review scopes.

A clearer review result

The result starts with the main finding and a first action. Cards are shorter; full explanations, evidence details and policy links expand when needed. Answer context questions in the result and the basic check updates immediately. Your answers remain editable there. Photo upload is hidden until analysis is connected.

Fewer steps to check a post

Paste text to get an initial review right away. Answer context questions before checking or afterwards to clarify a result. Findings and suggestions stay visible; the detailed plan, exercises and check table open when needed. Available in Russian, English and Spanish.

An open quality lab

Added 22 control scenarios in three languages: run 66 cases, compare expectations with results and inspect differences. Import your own JSON datasets, download results and follow case connections in Policy Graph. English negation now handles typographic apostrophes. These fictional examples do not replace independent evaluation on real posts.

Clearer reviews and more everyday examples

We rewrote review explanations, key site copy and selected guides in Russian, English and Spanish. Lessons and tests now use more plausible mistakes instead of deliberately absurd options. Learning progress is preserved. Source-review statuses are unchanged: this is a wording update, not a new policy review.

Practice based on your review

Three new scenarios cover requests for reactions, original contributions to videos and promises of rapid weight loss. Related exercises appear in review results, and all three are available in learning. Every answer has an explanation, and you can retry questions you got wrong. Policy Graph links exercises to sources.

An action plan after your review

Results now form an action list: what to edit, which answers need clarification and what needs a manual check. Jump to the text or relevant question, open a guide and a related lesson, or download the plan as a text file. Manual marks do not change the findings.

Multiple phrases in one review

Ad wording, engagement bait and health-promise checks no longer stop at the first match. Reports show matched excerpts, with a context option for posts mixing quotations and original statements.

From review to learning

Review results now suggest related lessons. Quoted, negated and unclear wording gets a clarification request instead of an immediate rewrite instruction.

Revision comparison and source dependencies

Re-checking now shows how signals changed. Policy Graph lists guides, checks and lessons that depend on each source. This supports review planning; automatic policy-change monitoring is not available yet.

ClearRules 2.0: pre-post checks and Policy Graph

Selected wording and context checks, explained findings and re-checking after edits are available. The graph links 26 topics, sources, eight checks and reminders, and lessons. Automatic photo analysis needs an AI connection; video is not supported yet.

A rule map and clearer routes

The library now has its own page with eight sections. New situation guides, three learning sequences and separate final-check scenarios are available. We also added missing step-by-step instructions to the guides.

Six new guides

Added Instagram and Facebook giveaways, personal attributes in ads, screenshot privacy, fake engagement and age verification. Four topics have excerpt reviews and still need full source checks.

The first learning block

Six short lessons and 18 practice questions in three languages, with answer explanations, mistake review and progress saved in the browser.

Changes to Meta policies

There are no confirmed policy-change entries in this log yet. A guide’s publication date is not a policy change date. Official source dates appear inside each guide.

Still awaiting full review

We have not yet been able to check the full official source for these guides. Each guide explains what was available.

What to do with the account of someone who has diedSource partly reviewedStop uploading contacts and review earlier uploadsSource partly reviewedRemove an unwanted Facebook tag or hide a postSource partly reviewedReview or remove an app’s Facebook accessSource partly reviewedManage search-engine links to your Facebook profileSource partly reviewedLock your Facebook profile when the option is availableSource partly reviewedRestrict someone on MessengerSource partly reviewedHide your Instagram story from selected peopleSource partly reviewedArchive or restore your own Facebook postsSource partly reviewedSwitch Instagram back to a personal accountSource partly reviewedUnsend an Instagram message you sent by mistakeSource partly reviewedChoose who can see your Facebook friends listSource partly reviewedChoose Facebook event privacy before creating itSource partly reviewedFilter repeated abuse or spam in Facebook Page commentsSource partly reviewedCheck privacy before posting anonymously in a Facebook groupSource partly reviewedInstagram or Messenger won't send messagesSource partly reviewedMy Facebook group is restricted or disabledSource partly reviewedMy account is suspended. Where do I start?Source partly reviewedInstagram account suspended for CSE: what to doSource partly reviewedInstagram Account Integrity ban: what it meansSource partly reviewedFacebook suspended because of InstagramSource partly reviewedInstagram video selfie is not workingSource partly reviewedFacebook identity confirmation is not workingSource partly reviewedFacebook login code is not arrivingSource partly reviewedFacebook Marketplace restricted: what to doSource partly reviewedFacebook Page disabled or unpublishedSource partly reviewedLost admin access to a Facebook PageSource partly reviewedHow to delete or temporarily deactivate your Instagram accountSource partly reviewedPost or account removed over a trademark complaintSource partly reviewedThe app crashes or the feed will not loadSource partly reviewedFacebook: “Session expired” or “Account locked”Source partly reviewedHow to contact Instagram and Facebook supportSource partly reviewedFacebook ad account disabledSource partly reviewedMeta business account or portfolio restrictedSource partly reviewedHow to change your name on FacebookSource partly reviewedInstagram views dropped? Check for account restrictionsSource partly reviewedInstagram blocks a follow, like or commentSource partly reviewedWhen to post: find a time for your audienceSource partly reviewedViolation notice: what exactly was restricted?Source partly reviewedAccount recovery is stuck at a link, code or identity checkSource partly reviewedPrivate Instagram: who can see my photos?Source partly reviewedWho can see my Facebook post?Source partly reviewedForgot your password? Start hereSource partly reviewedThe sign-in email or text has not arrivedSource partly reviewedI know my password, but lost my authenticatorSource partly reviewedMy old email or phone number is unavailableSource partly reviewedA reset email arrived, but I did not request itSource partly reviewedWeight-loss ads without body shamingSource partly reviewedA vape ad: an “18+” label is not enoughSource partly reviewedLeftover tablets: can I post a listing?Preliminary guideA complaint about a tradesperson does not justify attacking a nationalityPreliminary guideCalling it a “replica” does not resolve the logo issuePreliminary guideWhen the ad and the website promise different thingsPreliminary guideInstagram giveaways: clear entry rulesSource partly reviewed“Share and tag three friends” on FacebookSource partly reviewedAd copy: “Do you have acne?”Source partly reviewedSharing a screenshot: what to hideSource partly reviewedSomeone else’s photoSource partly reviewedMusic in an adSource partly reviewedA gift in exchange for StoriesPreliminary guideAn angry review without harassmentPreliminary guideAds in other people’s commentsPreliminary guide