Face Forward Intelligence Report Release #3

1–31 July 2026

The third Face Forward Intelligence Report reflects another month of growth, as well as the number of high-profile ministers and senators from across Australia and New Zealand who joined. Comments analysed grew from 57,219 to 352,244 comments, and those auto

An estimated 2,761 hours of staff time was saved over the month, the equivalent of over 17 full-time employees.

Facebook continues to drive the most harmful content, with 95% of all comments and 96.7% of all abusive content.

Identity-based abuse continues, with ethnicity and gender running through nearly every form of hostility participants faced