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What Happens When You Report a Group on Facebook?

Last Updated: May 16, 2023 References

This article was co-authored by Ben Whitehair and by wikiHow staff writer, Hannah Madden . Ben Whitehair is a Social Media Expert and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of TSMA Consulting. With over a decade of experience in the social media space, he specializes in leveraging social media for business and building relationships. He also focuses on social media’s impact on the entertainment industry. Ben graduated summa cum laude from The University of Colorado at Boulder with BAs in Theatre and Political Science as well as a Leadership Certificate. In addition to his work as CIO, Ben is a certified business and mindset coach and National Board Member of SAG-AFTRA. He is also a successful entrepreneur as the Co-Founder of Working.Actor, the premier business academy and coaching community for actors. There are 10 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been viewed 31,166 times.

Joining a group on Facebook is a great way to connect with other like-minded people. However, if you stumble across something worrying or upsetting in a group that violates community guidelines, you might be looking for ways to get the group shut down. We’ve answered your questions about reporting a group on Facebook so you can better understand the process and what happens afterwards.

Things You Should Know

• When you report a group on Facebook, the company will review its content to see if it violates their guidelines.
• You will receive an email notifying you of Facebook's decision.
• You can also decide to report specific posts to the admins of a Facebook group, who can determine the best course of action.

What does Facebook do after you report a group?

• To get to your Support Inbox, log in to Facebook and click the small question mark in the upper right corner. Then, select “Support Inbox.”

Can you report content in a group to the admins?

• Keep in mind that reporting a post to group admins does not send the report to Facebook, just to the admins themselves. If you want to report a post to Facebook, select Find support or report post .
• When you report a post to group admins, the admins will be able to see who made the report.

What goes against Facebook’s community guidelines?

• To read Facebook’s full community guidelines, visit https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/ .

How do I report a group to Facebook support?

Can you report a private group on Facebook?

Can a Facebook group see who reported them?

Can you get a Facebook group shut down?

How long will it take Facebook to shut a group down?

• Anywhere from a few days to a few months. Unfortunately, Facebook doesn’t have a specific timeline for how long their review process takes. Some people report that they only had to wait a couple of days, while other people say it takes up to a month (or even longer). [11] X Research source

How do I follow up with Facebook?

• Unfortunately, you can’t report groups multiple times if you’ve already reported them. However, you can report multiple posts within a group, which may help Facebook review it faster.

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• ↑ https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/violence_criminal_behavior
• ↑ https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/safety
• ↑ https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/integrity_authenticity
• ↑ https://www.facebook.com/help/266814220000812/
• ↑ https://www.facebook.com/help/privacy/groups
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Facebook Has New Tools For Group Admins

Facebook is launching a new set of tools to help group admins manage their communities more effectively.

Admins of Facebook Groups can utilize new tools for managing their communities, moderating conversations, and learning a little more about their members.

Facebook says there’s now over 70 million active admins and moderators running groups around the world.

Here are the new tools Facebook is rolling out to help admins do their job more efficiently.

There’s now a simple and more intuitive way to access all the tools, settings, and features admins need to manage a Facebook Group.

Admin Home is a new one-stop destination for admins where they can:

• See what needs attention across posts, members, and reported comments.
• Find key tools through a clearer, reorganized layout that shows what’s available under each category.
• Access new features that are rolled out in the future.

Admin Assist

Admin Assist is a new tool to help moderate conversations and potential conflict.

It allows admins to set criteria for automatically moderating posts and comments.

Using these new settings, admins can:

• Restrict group participation based on several options, such as how long a user has had a Facebook account or how long they have been a member of the group.
• Reduce promotional content by declining posts and comments with specific links, with the ability to provide feedback for the author telling them why the content was declined.
• Use suggested criteria from Facebook to help defend the group against spam, maintain positive discussions and resolve conflicts within the group.

In a video you can see how it all works similar to the Shortcuts app on Apple iPhones:

Admins can browse, add and edit criteria in Admin Assist to meet the needs of their group.

Admins have the option to undo specific actions from Admin Assist, or to change and refine criteria over time.

Facebook is testing a new type of moderation alert, called “conflict alerts,” that uses AI to detect contentious or unhealthy conversations in the group.

Admins will receive conflict alerts as notifications, which can allow them to take action as quickly as possible.

In situations where it may help to slowdown a conversation, rather than remove posts or comments, admins can set temporary restrictions.

For example, admins can temporarily restrict how often specific group members can comment, and control how often comments can be made on certain posts.

Member Summaries

Facebook is introducing a new member summary feature that allows admins to see a consolidated summary of each member’s activity in the group.

A member summary can include information such as the number of times a member has posted and commented, or when they’ve had posts removed or been muted in the group.

A new tool will allow admins to resolve conflicts between each other.

Facebook Group admins can now appeal violations for content they or other admins posted, or that they approved from members, as well as content from members.

The appeals will be reviewed by Facebook to make sure the right decision was made

Tag Group Rules

Groups admins and moderators can now tag group rules in comments and posts, which makes it easier to share and enforce rules.

Members can also tag specific group rules when they report posts and comments to admins.

Source: Facebook Newsroom

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