Sharing Media Accurately

Identify the event or statement your attachment supports and include the date when it matters. Separate what the image or recording actually shows from your interpretation. A genuine image can still mislead when described as a different event. Link to the original public source when your post relies on its account of what happened, and do not present another account's caption as independent confirmation.

Cropping, rearranging a clip, editing a document, or creating a synthetic image can change what readers believe they are seeing. Explain those changes when they affect the claim. Label an illustration as an illustration and a recreated document as a recreation. Do not present fabricated statements, forged records, or manipulated media as authentic evidence to facilitate fraud, impersonation, threats, or other prohibited conduct.

Inspect the full attachment for private contact details, addresses, credentials, or information that identifies a person behind an account. Remove that material before sharing. Use work you own, have permission to use, or can lawfully share. Naming the creator does not replace permission, and a repost by someone else does not establish that their upload was lawful. Copyright and privacy are separate responsibilities.

If you repeated an incorrect claim about media, explain the correction and identify the affected claim rather than silently repeating the same caption. Request a Factcheck from the post menu when a factual claim needs examination. Report a post when its presentation supports a rule violation such as impersonation or fraud. Describe the mismatch and relevant context without recirculating private or illegal material.