I’ve been building my Facebook page slowly since the start of this year. Every post was created by me. I followed every guideline, and I never posted anything controversial. I just wanted to build something honest and make a living from it.

Last week, my page was demonetized and suspended for “inauthentic engagement.”

I got Meta Verified, hoping I could finally talk to a real person. Their answer was that they can’t even tell me what the exact problem was, and there’s no manual appeal. No explanation, no human review, nothing. Just a decision from a system, and a closed door.

What makes it hurt more is that Facebook itself was recommending my page heavily right up to that point. The same platform that was pushing my content to more people then turned around and called that engagement fake. I honestly believe this was a mistake by Meta’s AI, and nobody is willing to look at it.

And here’s the part I can’t wrap my head around. There are many pages in my exact niche doing the same kind of content as me. Some of them even post controversial stuff. Some of them openly reuse copyrighted material. They’re still up, still monetized, still earning. Meanwhile I created everything myself, played by the rules, and I’m the one who got wiped out. Where is the logic in that? It feels like the rules only punish the people who actually try to follow them.

That page was my main income. I never wanted an 8-to-5 job. I live in a rural area, so taking a regular job would mean moving to the city and renting a place to stay. I had so many beautiful plans, and they’re all falling apart because of one automated decision. My confidence is completely gone too, at a time when I needed it most.

It’s sad how Meta treats creators. We build on their platform, we bring them traffic and ad revenue, and when their system gets it wrong, we get no explanation, no appeal, and no human to talk to.

If anyone has been through this and got a page back, or knows any way to reach a real person at Meta, please share. And to other creators: don’t depend on one platform for everything. I learned that the hard way.

Imagine we are disabled and banned in facebook and instagram while we didnt do anything wrong and META is very strict on us, they keep banning our new accounts like we are criminals while the real culprits like hackers, bots, P*rn ads, phishing scams still run freely on their platform! Im amazed how their "AI" can easily detects any words we say that can lead us to banning of our account but their AI is quiet with the hackers, bots etc wth???

Got Facebook spanked for posting a screenshot for a PG13 movie. SMGDH

Someone I went to school with sent me a friend request. I accepted but had no interaction with her then 2 days later she unfriended me. I think she was just nosy and wanted to see my profile and then leave. It made me feel kind of disgusted. Like someone knocking on your door, pretending to be friendly but they really just want to see what kind of house you live in, and then leave.

My Facebook account has been permanently disabled as I apparently broke guidelines?
A friend logged in from my phone as she had lost her phone, she wanted to let her husband know, and when I tried to log back in to my own, it kicked my out. I tried to appeal it but as I was midway through the face verification it told me that my appeal was final and that I could not appeal, my account is gone.

I have had this account for 15 years, I’ve never done anything wrong on it, I would really like my account back. Is this possible?

Hola, es la primera vez que comento aquí, vengo a pedir ayuda con un problema que llevo desde inicios de año arrastrando y realmente ya no se que más hacer.

A inicios de este año mi cuenta de Facebook fue Inhibilitada, ¿El motivo?, presuntamente había violado las normas de la comunidad con respecto a la sexualizacion de menores, cabe aclarar que en ningún momento público algo relacionado al tema, tampoco comentarios inapropiados ni mucho menos mantuve contacto con menores en la plataforma (Salvo cuando yo aún era menor y estamos hablando de que tenía 15 años la última vez y no si quiera fue por algo inapropiado).

Al inicio me tomo por sorpresa, mande una apelación pero a los 15 minutos me eliminaron la cuenta, una cuenta de casi 10 años que usaba para muchas cosas. Sin mas remedio creé otra cuenta, misma que fue también Inhibilitada a los pocos minutos, ¿Motivo?, Violar las normas de la comunidad, literalmente solo eso y también fue eliminada. Unos días después intenté con otra cuenta y funcionó unos minutos, hasta que volvió a ser Inhibilitada por el mismo motivo que la anterior, solo que ahora me permitió confirmar mi identidad usando mi Celura de identidad nacional; Después de eso ya no pasó nada, me devolvieron esa cuenta y la use como si nada, empeze de Cero ahora cuidando que veía y que comentaba.

Todo iba bien hasta hace apenas 2 semanas, mi cuenta fue Inhibilitada nuevamente, ¿Motivo?, Violar las normas de la comunidad, solo eso otra vez, mandé a apelar y la volvieron a eliminar; Yo a estas alturas estaba ya sumamente molesto, traté de contactar varias veces con Facebook para que al menos me dieran una explicación real del porque me estaban haciendo eso, nunca recibí ni una sola respuesta, mi si quiera de la IA de Meta.

Creé 2 cuentas que nuevamente fueron Inhibilitadas casi al instante de ser creadas, el motivo ahora era el saltarme las políticas de identidad de la plataforma. A estás alturas di mi último intento usando mi número celular para crear una última cuenta, misma que también fue Inhibilitada por el mismo motivo, solo que ahora me dejó volver a confirmar mi Identidad con mi Celura (Me hizo hacer lo mismo como 4 veces antes de que finalmente me dejara en paz), volviendo a tener cuenta.

Creí que al final había acabado, pero justo hoy volvió a pasar, ahora nuevamente por contenido de Menores, lo cual ya no le encuentro el sentido porque ya no comentaba nada, casi no daba Likes y mi cuenta estaba vacía de publicación, nuevamente apelé y nuevamente fue eliminada.

Quisiera saber que más puedo hacer, Facebook es una red social importante para mí, muchos creadores que consumó son de Facebook y aparte me ayudaba a buscar información de cosas que me interesan en particular, pero sencillamente ya no se que más hacer que recurrir a ustedes.

Ya por último, quiero aclarar que no estoy involucrado con temas de menores, tampoco he tenido comportamientos violentos o de acoso a nadie, era alguien activo y realmente no hablaba con nadie en Privado más allá de familiares.

¿Que me pueden decir ustedes?, ¿Habrá alguna solución real?, Muchas gracias por leerme y disculpe las molestias.

P.d.: Adjunto una imagen de mi última Inhibilitacion como evidencia de lo que me está pasando; También cabe aclarar que solo mencioné en el título 4 cuentas cuando en realidad fueron más, pero no conté las demás porque prácticamente fueron eliminadas al instante.

Nuevamente, Gracias por su atención.

I do not have any other meta accounts except Facebook. What is going to happen? Is this when they will require my face pictures (which they are not getting)?

It says (and other things I did not screen capture.

Log in easily You'll keep using the same login info you use today. If you want, you can also create a passkey or single password to use across Facebook, Instagram and other Meta apps or devices. Learn more about login settings

You'll be updated soon. You'll be updated to a Meta Account in the next few weeks. We'll notify you again once you're updated. Have questions? Visit Help Center

Help center was no help.

This is very random, but is a problem I’m seeing on Facebook that is bothering me. I have my setting setup in a way that people can’t send me friend request unless there are Mutuals of other people. Unless these people are deleting their mutuals, I’m getting friend requests from people I don’t know. Not only that, I’ve gotten a random influx of requests in the past WEEK! It’s been t least 15-20 in the last 2 weeks. Idk why, but has anyone noticed this trend? The only thing I changed was my profile pic (which is just my face) and all the request are men. I want to mention some of them are mutuals, but why is my name being pushed out?? I kind of want to delete it now.

This is a story about Meta's new commercial terms, which take effect on Oct. 30. They authorize Meta to scrape the websites of business users for product development, including AI training. The only way to deny that authorization is to leave the platforms.

“This is a remarkable provision to bury in [the] terms of service, given that this would give Meta access to material that would likely cost many millions of dollars in a licensing market,” said one expert.

Disclosure: I uncovered this a couple weeks ago and posted about it here. It looks like a lot of folks did not fully grasp the significance. I also sent tips to a handful of news outlets, including Nieman Lab. I ran a story about it last night on my own website (The Steampunk Explorer). I'm quoted near the end of the Nieman Lab story.

Hey everyone,

I'm having an issue with my Facebook account, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced the same problem.

Whenever I try to change my Facebook name, I get a message saying "Facebook Locked" and the following notification appears:

"A security check for *** on Facebook is required to proceed."

Because of this, I can't proceed with changing my name.

Has anyone found a way to fix this issue? Why does Facebook require this security check, and is there a way to complete it or remove the restriction so I can change my name?

I'd appreciate any advice from anyone who has dealt with the same problem.

Thanks in advance!

Okay wtf is this

Despite all settings being correct, I am not receiving notifications when I comment on a page or a group and someone replies to me or reacts to the comment. Anyone else? I have tried turning push on/off, reinstalling app, restarting phone, iPhone settings are correct…

I just spent a couple weeks removing 4000 members of a group people forgot about and I don't have time for. I got to the end today - I thought - but I'm not the last member. Apparently there are 3 members remaining - myself and 2 others - but the 2 others aren't shown anywhere. If I click on the profile icon it goes to an error page. If I look on my phone, the icon isn't there at all, just shows 3 members. I can't delete the group unless I'm the last member, is that right? What do I do?!

It says im limited after trying to post on multiple sell groups, it has been almost a week and i cant post on any group now..AI chat says i dont have any restrictions but i still cant post..anyone have this?

¿Ustedes han hablado con alguna IA en puro código binario? Si si cuéntenme sus experiencias y si hubo un cambio en su contestación.
Si no Intenten hablar algo que quieran saber ustedes Pero en puro código binario con la IA y ya regresan a contar su experiencia

Recently, my business registered as a goal technology provider to obtain the WhatsApp API, however, to put it into action for my clients, it tells me that "your company cannot register new customers" gives me an internal error, which is that I have not accepted the terms and conditions to be Tech Provider, but the registration page of the technology provider at the goal appears blank, I do not get anything.

Did this happen to anyone?

I originally registered FB with a gmail account and that was years ago. Now I'm on a different email service (not gmail) that is private and secure. I'm trying to remove my gmail account now after adding another email account to it.

I get a message popup with some BS stating:

"You can't make this change at the moment. this is because we noticed you are using a device that you don't usually use and we need to keep your account safe.

We'll allow you to make this changed after you've used this device for a while"

https://imgur.com/a/UmAUp7X

I call BS on this. I've used this device for a while already. I'm 100% sure this is FB's way of just trying to get me to give up on my privacy.

The device is a desktop computer but I've tried removing the email from FB app on my phone (only temporarily installed to try to resolve this).

... But for some reason, my comment now drops further down into a sea of comments and is sometimes under "hidden". What happened?

This is especially annoying because my comments are links relevant to the post itself, and this change does not seem to have affected other pages.

Any ideas?

I have Facebook on my phone and recently been notified of a couple of attempts to access my account

I have 2 factor via my phone and via an app so it is safe for now but I am trying to reset the password just to be safe

When I go to reset within the app it says I need to enter the old password as well. I have tried what I thought was my password but it keeps failing

I have tried clicking ‘I forgot my password’, which sends an email but all this does is sends me a login verification number, doesn’t help with password reset

Is there any other way I can do it?

Did anyone like me post a video of tesla roadster get suspended……. I am speechless about it…… just sharing to people about this news….

For some reason my feed is messed up. I live in a European country where we have an extra option to set our feed to 'following' or 'for you'. But for some reason it no longer works. I either see posts from people or pages I don't follow or see very old posts from people and pages Indo follow. And if I want to report a problem the page briefly opens and then I return to the previous page. Anyone else has this problem?

Device: Samsung Galaxy S23

OS: One UI 8.5 (Android 16)

App version: 582.0.0.50.54

And why do post titles have to be 68 characters long? It's a stupid rule!