The eight tracked platforms reported 18.16 million content-moderation decisions to the EU DSA Transparency Database for the week of October 16 to October 22, 2026, up 10.1% from 16.49 million the previous week, according to the platforms' reports.
Facebook reported 8.07 million decisions, up 35.6% from 5.95 million. Most fell under other terms and conditions violations, at 6.36 million, followed by scams and/or fraud at 498,806 and negative effects on civic discourse or elections at 420,768.
Pinterest reported 4.72 million decisions, up 11.9%, and TikTok reported 2.66 million, up 5.7%. TikTok's largest named category after other terms and conditions violations was illegal or harmful speech, at 546,881 decisions.
Instagram reported 1.36 million decisions, down 45.1% from 2.48 million. X reported 173,431, down 27.6% from 239,399, with scams and/or fraud accounting for 142,704 of its decisions.
YouTube reported 1.04 million decisions, up 8.4%, Snapchat reported 131,392, up 8.0%, and LinkedIn reported 9,940, up 19.3%.
Facebook and Instagram are reported separately in the database. The counts reflect decisions reported, not posts made. Source: EU DSA Transparency Database, CC BY 4.0.
