Same Meta policy as Instagram — escorts named explicitly under sexual solicitation ban.
Sexual Solicitation — What we don't allow
Content that offers, asks or provides methods of contact for prostitution, which is defined as asking for or offering oneself for sexual encounters in exchange for money or anything of value by: Offering or asking for sexual encounters (for example, escort services, sexual/erotic massages, sex chats/conversations, fetish/domination services)
Escort services are named as a banned example. Facebook pages, groups, and marketplace listings for escort services are all violations.
Sexual Solicitation — What we don't allow
Using slang terms for prostitution combined with an ask or offer of availability, price, or any signal of a transaction for money or something of value, location, or contact information
Meta specifically targets coded language. Even indirect solicitation using industry euphemisms combined with pricing or contact info triggers enforcement.
Sexual Solicitation — Policy Rationale
We also allow for the discussion of sex worker rights advocacy and sex work regulation.
Advocacy and discussion of sex work regulation is explicitly protected — but offering or advertising services is not.
Facebook shares the same Meta Community Standards as Instagram, which explicitly name "escort services" as banned sexual solicitation. The policy bans offering sexual encounters for money, using coded language with pricing or availability, and providing contact methods for sexual services. Facebook's enforcement is slightly different from Instagram's — Facebook Groups and Pages add extra surface area for violations, and Marketplace is particularly scrutinized. A Facebook Business page for an escort service will be removed. The linked-account risk is important: a violation on Facebook can trigger a review of your Instagram account (and vice versa), since both are under Meta. However, like Instagram, Meta explicitly protects discussion of sex worker rights and regulation. For social media presence, platforms like Twitter/X and Bluesky offer significantly more freedom for adult service providers.
| Tool | SW-Friendly? | Self-Hostable? | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twitter/X | — | Free | Allows adult content on paper, but routinely mass-bans sex worker accounts. Use with caution. | |
| Bluesky | — | Free | Decentralized social network. Adult content allowed with content labels. | |
| Fediverse (Mastodon) | Free | Decentralized, many instances explicitly welcome adult creators. |
Allows adult content on paper, but routinely mass-bans sex worker accounts. Use with caution.
Decentralized, many instances explicitly welcome adult creators.
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