"One of my goals for this year is to develop a more democratic and independent system for determining Facebook's Community Standards -- the rules that govern what content is allowed in our community.

The first step in this direction is creating full transparency about our current rules and how we enforce them. We have always published the Community Standards, but starting today we're also making transparent our internal guidelines for how exactly we define hate speech, violence, nudity, terrorism, and other content we don't allow. These standards are a work in progress, and sharing them openly will help us get feedback from you to make them better. You can see them here: https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards

Starting this week, we're also establishing a new appeals process so you'll be able to appeal decisions about individual posts if you think we made a mistake.

Balancing free speech and safety is a challenge both on and off Facebook. We'll continue working hard to get this right for our community, and I look forward to sharing the next steps over the coming months."