How to report a Page on Facebook

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 Millions of people have been connected and used Facebook to stay online. Below is the guide to follow on how to report a page on Facebook for your own convenience.

How to report a Page on Facebook

Facebook is one of the most reckoned social media platforms in the world where people chart, message, upload pictures, and videos, like and comment under posts and reach out to one another, either from close or far distances.

Facebook also allows its users to upload their profile, which includes the user’s personal information, such as name, profile picture (for identification), town, state, educational qualification, age, profession, etc.

With this, there are lots of pages owned by several people, for several purposes. But there are some pages that post something offensive and negative, usually which goes against the terms and conditions of the Facebook Community. Such pages can be reported.

This social media platform (Facebook) is owned by Mark Zuckerberg till today, which was created in 2004 and is still in existence till date. Since then, it has become the most used social media platform.

How to report a page on Facebook on Computer

Below are the simple steps to report a page on Facebook:

  1. Open Facebook on your computer
  2. Then go onto the page (that goes against Facebook terms) you wish to report.
  3. Then you can now click on the “three dots” found below the page cover photo.
  4. Then select “Find Support” or “Report Page”
  5. In case of feedback, you can click on the option that describes how the page goes against Facebook Community Standards.

As the report is made easy on a computer, it is also possible on the Facebook app

How to report a page on the Facebook app.

Below are the steps to follow in reporting a page on the Facebook app:

  1. Open Facebook with your smartphone.
  2. You can then proceed to the page you want to report.
  3. Then tap on the “three dots” at the top right of the page.
  4. Then tap on the Find Support or Report Page from the set of given options.
  5. In order to give feedback, you need to select the option that mostly describes how the page had been going against Facebook rules and regulations.

You will be able to submit a report to Facebook, based on the feedback. Not in all cases you will be asked to write a report but there are some contents that you won’t be asked to submit a report, this varies.

At times you yourself might not be able to access the page you wish to report due to their activities against the Facebook community, then a friend might help you out in carrying out these activities.

Why do pages need to be reported to Facebook?

One reason or the other, there are several reasons for reporting pages to Facebook. And below are some of the policies that Facebook adheres to:

  • Facebook has strict policies against hate, spam, and harassing speech. All these must be reported to the Facebook community.
  • The Facebook community also goes against hate and harsh speech about religions, skin color, gender, etc.
  • Advertising and selling fake products in order to scam people.
  • A page might be impersonating important personnel or an organization.
  • The page might be running on a fake charity.
  • Pages that are posting nude pictures and nude videos (blue film).

All stated above need to be reported to the Facebook community. And there are many other reasons to report a page to Facebook.

How long does it take Facebook to take an action?

It is quite known before the COVID-19 pandemic that Facebook does react and responded to reports in nothing more than 48 hours. But since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the time it took Facebook to respond to the report has increased drastically, this is due to the fact that half of Facebook employees are now working from home and also the Facebook staff has been reduced.

So, responding to the report now takes Facebook between 48 hours to a week (1 week) in order to grant your request.

Also, the reporter can refer to their support inbox, where the ticket number for the report submitted can be gotten. This ticket number helps to check the real information about a particular report.

How many reports are needed before Facebook could take an action?

Actually, several reports are needed before Facebook could even take an action. It usually takes around 10 reports for Facebook to take action just on any page and even having more than 10 reports will always place the reported page on a scale of preference (priority queue). So, it is the work of the moderator to review this report one by one (one after the other) so as to place it on a priority queue.

After this, Facebook will now check the report to the previous one, in order to know the necessary action to take on the reported page.

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