Take charge of your FB account

SOME people feel helpless when it comes to taking control of their experiences on social media. In its Safety at Facebook handbook, the platform shares how you can control what content you share, what content you see and experience, who can contact you, with whom you share, among others. Here are some tools and resources you can use:

Reporting and blocking

Facebook includes a “Report” link for harassment, bullying, and other issues on nearly every piece of content. Their Community Operations teams work round-the-clock to review things you report to make sure Facebook remains safe. You can also block other people on the site. (fb.me/blocking)

In-line privacy controls

With its in-line audience selector, Facebook gives people the power to decide who can and cannot see the things they share at the very moment that they share them. People can even create customized audiences. (fb.me/audienceselector)

Login notifications

When people turn on Login Notifications, Facebook sends an alert each time someone logs into their account from a new place. (fb.me/loginnotifications)

Activity log

Activity Log allows people to review and edit all their Facebook activity, adjust the privacy of any post, and change whether or not it is displayed on their timeline. (fb.me/activitylog)

Privacy checkup

Facebook created Privacy Checkup to help our community check their privacy settings easily. Simply click on the small padlock icon on the top right of your Facebook profile page. (fb.me/privacyshortcuts)

Secure browsing

When people have secure browsing turned on, Facebook encrypts their activity on Facebook where possible, making it harder for anyone else to access their Facebook information without their permission. (fb.me/securebrowsing)

Support inbox

The Support Inbox is the place where people can checkl on the status of content they’ve reported, or inquiries or requests they’ve made. (fb.me/supportinbox)

Social reporting

If people see something on Facebook that they don’t like, but it doesn’t violate the Facebook Terms, they can use the report links to send a message to the person who posted it or reach out to a parent, teacher, or trusted friend for help. (fb.me/socialreporting)