Does Facebook charge $4.99 a month?

WHAT WE FOUND A spokesperson for Meta, the parent company of both Facebook and Instagram, told VERIFY that the company is not planning to charge users $4.99 a month to use Facebook. Facebook’s Help Centersays it does not charge people to use Facebook and instead charges advertisers to show ads on Facebook and Meta’s other social media sites.

Does Facebook charge a fee?

There has never been a charge to use Facebook and the company has indicated it never plans to. Since the parent company Meta makes its money from advertising to Facebook's 3 billion monthly users, scaring them off seems counterproductive. What does the Facebook hoax say? An example of the "Facebook will start charging" hoax.

Is Facebook going to start charging?

An example of the "Facebook will start charging" hoax. That depends on which version you get. But all the hoaxes spread around share some common ground: They say Facebook is going to start charging its users. The price may be anywhere from $3.99 to $9.99. Occasionally they'll include a rundown of different premium levels.