Every day, Facebook and Instagram show videos of animal cruelty: torture, abuse, sadism, and graphic violence.  
Anyone who uses Meta has seen these videos at least once.

Yet, despite thousands of reports,  these videos remain online.

This petition asks the  Meta Oversight Board  to introduce a clear and automatic policy:  
immediate removal of all content showing violence against animals.

WHY THESE VIDEOS ARE NOT REMOVED
These videos generate:

- high view counts  
- thousands of comments  
- massive shares  

The longer people stay on the platform, the more Meta earns from advertising.

It’s an uncomfortable truth:  
animal suffering generates traffic, and traffic generates profit.

Meta’s algorithm automatically amplifies content that generates high engagement.  
Animal cruelty videos create strong reactions, so the system keeps showing them to more people.  
The result is the same: violent content spreads, stays online, and keeps being recommended.

This economic and algorithmic incentive explains why these videos stay online even when they violate Meta’s own rules.

SOCIAL PROOF: THOUSANDS OF REPORTS IGNORED
Across public groups, video comments, and posts, thousands of users say:

- “I reported this video multiple times.”  
- “Facebook says it doesn’t violate the rules.”  
- “I used the ‘Report animal abuse’ button, but nothing happened.”  
- “This happened to me too.”  

This experience is universal.  
It is not a technical glitch.  
It is not an isolated case.  
It is a repeated pattern.

Anyone reading this petition will recognize it:  
it happened to you as well.

 

DOCUMENTED PROOF: META’S POLICY PROHIBITS ANIMAL VIOLENCE  
Meta publicly states that it prohibits:

 “content showing gratuitous or sadistic violence against animals.”

Meta also says it only allows violent content if it has:

 “documentary or educational purpose.”

But the videos that remain online show:

- torture  
- cruelty  
- sadism  
- suffering  
- violence with no educational value  

They do not meet any “documentary” criteria. 

They violate the policy.  
This is a clear contradiction between Meta’s rules and Meta’s actions.

 

FUNCTIONAL PROOF: THE ‘REPORT ANIMAL ABUSE’ BUTTON DOES NOT WORK 
Meta provides a dedicated button:

“Report animal abuse.”

This button exists because Meta acknowledges animal violence as a serious issue.

But when users press it, the response is almost always:

“This content does not violate our standards.”

If a dedicated reporting tool does not lead to removals, it means:

- the moderation system is failing  
- reports are not evaluated correctly  
- the policy is not enforced  
- the platform is not protecting animals  

 This is concrete evidence of a broken moderation system.

Meta’s public Community Standards are intentionally vague:

 they do not mention that the platform explicitly allows several forms of animal violence when classified as “ritual”, “cultural”, “documentary”, “educational”, “professional”, “news reporting”, “hunting”, or “slaughter”. These exceptions are hidden inside internal moderation tiers that ordinary users never see. As a result, violent content involving animals can remain online simply because it is labeled as “tradition”, “culture”, or “professional activity”. In 2026, it is unacceptable that a global platform still approves animal abuse under categories such as “ritual” or “culture”, while presenting a vague and sanitized version of its rules to the public.

WHY THIS PETITION MATTERS
Meta is a public platform.  
When millions of people see violent content, the platform:

- normalizes cruelty  
- exposes minors to traumatic material  
- spreads sadistic content  
- incentivizes creators to produce more violent videos  
- creates a profit cycle based on suffering  

This is not a “technical oversight.”  
It is a structural problem.

And if this petition reaches the right channels — media, influencers, journalists — Meta will not be able to ignore it.

A moral accusation is stronger than a lawsuit:  
it cannot be bought, silenced, or negotiated.

WHAT WE ASK THE META OVERSIGHT BOARD
We request:

1. Automatic removal of all content showing violence against animals.  
2. Policy revision, removing the “documentary/educational” loophole for violent content.  
3. Priority moderation for videos reported as “animal abuse.”  
4. Transparency in moderation decisions involving animal cruelty.  

This request is simple, achievable, and morally necessary.

WHY YOU SHOULD SIGN
Signing means:

- protecting animals  
- protecting minors  
- protecting users’ mental health  
- demanding responsibility from a global platform  
- saying that suffering must not be monetized  

Meta cannot ignore a public mobilization.  
Signatures prove that this issue is real, widespread, and urgent.

CONCLUSION
Animal cruelty is not entertainment.  
It is not content.  
It is not traffic.  
It is not profit.

It is suffering.

And suffering must not be monetized.

Sign this petition to demand that Meta do what is right:  
automatically remove all animal cruelty videos.

(If you’ve had similar experiences, share them publicly on your social media using the hashtag #MetaAnimalViolence and describe what happened. This creates a visible, searchable record of real cases that Meta cannot ignore.)