Monkeys tortured for the camera. Dogs forced to fight. Cats and dogs left next to busy roads and train tracks so someone can film a fake rescue. This content is spreading on Facebook, and Meta has the power to stop it.

From May through June 2026, researchers at the animal protection group Lady Freethinker (LFT) tracked 1,657 links to animal cruelty posts across five major social media sites. Facebook was by far the worst offender, with 1,042 of those links, or nearly two out of every three. Monkey abuse made up close to half of all the links in the report, and most of that monkey content showed up on Facebook. Across all five sites, the posts drew more than 1 billion views, according to the report. LFT found that 534 of the links were still active.

Every view, comment and share signals the algorithm to push this content to even more people. Some posts in the report even advertised channels on the messaging app Telegram offering custom, made-to-order cruelty.

Earlier this year, Meta reached an agreement with LFT to address animal cruelty content. Now the company needs to show results. Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, can remove these videos, ban the pages and groups that post them, and block new uploads before they spread.

Animals can’t report their own abuse. Sign the petition to tell Meta to clear animal cruelty off Facebook now, before more animals are hurt for views.