When something is rated as false, those stories are ranked significantly lower in News Feed, cutting future views by more than 80%.
We partner with third-party fact checkers to review and rate the accuracy of articles on Facebook. People can say things on Facebook that are wrong or untrue, but we work to limit the distribution of inaccurate information. How do you distinguish between fake news and content that breaks your Community Standards? It’s not perfect - but we believe it’s a practical way to deter repeat offenders and help keep people safe. It also means that admins cannot use multiple Pages to violate our policies and avoid strikes against their personal profiles. This approach ensures Pages (even those with multiple admins), as well as Page admins, are held accountable for the content they post. This is very complicated - why do it this way? If they don’t appeal or their appeal fails, we remove the Page. So our first step is to “unpublish” the Page so that it is no longer available on Facebook. We offer Pages the opportunity to appeal in case we made a mistake.
If a Page is unpublished, is that different from removing them and if so why? If that person is also the admin of a Facebook Page, the block prevents them from posting to the Page. When a person is in a temporary block, they can read things on Facebook, but they can’t like, comment or post. If someone violates our policies multiple times, their account will be temporarily blocked a Page that does so will be unpublished. When we remove content for violating our policies, we notify the person who posted it to explain why, with some narrow exceptions to account for things like child exploitation imagery. We don’t want people to game the system, so we do not share the specific number of strikes that leads to a temporary block or permanent suspension. What is the number of strikes a person or Page has to get to before you ban them? If they continue, we may temporarily block their account, which restricts their ability to post on Facebook, or remove it all together. In the case of other violations, we may warn someone the first time they break our Community Standards. For example, some content is so bad that posting it just once means we would remove the account immediately.
Here’s a step-by-step overview of what happens when content is reported to Facebook: And when it comes to Pages, we hold both the entire Page and the person who posted the content accountable. It’s why every time we remove something, it counts as a strike against the person who posted it. Simply removing content that violates our standards is not enough to deter repeat offenders. How do you deal with people and Pages who repeatedly violate your standards? Here’s more detail on enforcement of our standards: Earlier today, we removed four Pages belonging to Alex Jones for repeatedly posting content over the past several days that breaks those Community Standards. It’s why we have Community Standards and remove anything that violates them, including hate speech that attacks or dehumanizes others. We believe in giving people a voice, but we also want everyone using Facebook to feel safe.