If the Facebook creator violates a policy again within a year, they will receive another warning or strike that will no longer be removable. — AP
In a move to educate rather than punish, Facebook is introducing a feature for first-time Community Standard offenders.
Instead of immediate penalties, violators will now be required to complete in-app educational training about the policy they breached.
“Now, when a creator violates our Community Standards for the first time, they will receive a notification to complete an in-app educational training about the policy they violated,” parent company Meta said in an announcement on its Facebook Creators blog.
Typically when most Facebook creators violate a Community Standard policy for the first time, the platform will hit the offender with a warning and no further restrictions.
Meta explained that under the new feature, affected creators will receive a violation notice and get notified on why their content has been removed.
They will then be offered the chance to remove the warning from their account by completing the in-app educational training.
"If they avoid another violation for one year, they can participate in the 'remove your warning' experience again," Meta said.
Meta explained that under the new feature - affected creators will receive a violation notice and get notified on why their content has been removed. — Meta
However, if the creator fails to avoid violating a policy again within a year, they will receive another warning or strike that will no longer be removable.
The social media platform said that subsequent violations or accumulated strikes will result in limited monetisation opportunities as well as limited visibility for the account.
For the more serious violations of community standards – like posting content with elements of sexual exploitation, sale of high risk drugs and glorification of dangerous organisations or individuals – the company said the creator will not be eligible for warning removal.
The new warning removal feature will be offered to creators using Professional Mode and will be rolled out to more users in the coming months.
