{"id":425487,"date":"2022-04-01T17:44:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-accounts-disabled-for-no-apparent-reason-users-say\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T17:44:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:44:12","slug":"facebook-accounts-disabled-for-no-apparent-reason-users-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-accounts-disabled-for-no-apparent-reason-users-say\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook accounts disabled for no apparent reason, users say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e23612938\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27e23612938\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-accounts-disabled-for-no-apparent-reason-users-say\/#%E2%80%9CFacebook_accounts_disabled_for_no_apparent_reason_users_say%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Facebook accounts disabled for no apparent reason, users say&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFacebook_accounts_disabled_for_no_apparent_reason_users_say%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Facebook accounts disabled for no apparent reason, users say&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Did\u00a0Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0play\u00a0an April Fools\u2019 joke?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> users had their accounts disabled for no <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent reason this week \u2014 and the company temporarily barred many of them from appealing the decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently my Facebook account has been disabled because it didn\u2019t follow community standards,\u201d one peeved Facebook user wrote on Twitter on Friday morning. \u201cNo appeal, no further explanation. Account is just\u2026 gone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t do anything wrong to get my account disabled,\u201d another Twitter user whose account was axed said. \u201cI save memes to my phone to share to my friends, and that\u2019s it\u2026 is this an April fools joke, or what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid something occur last night because a bunch of us that I\u2019m friends with all of a sudden had our Facebook accounts disabled for no apparent reason and with no warning,\u201d a third user said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several hours after The Post flagged the issue, Meta said the problem had been fixed as of Friday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier today, a technical issue caused a small number of people to have trouble accessing Facebook,\u201d a company spokesperson told The Post. \u201cWe resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologize for any inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mark-Zuckerberg_17-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg\" class=\"wp-image-21742733\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mark-Zuckerberg_17-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mark-Zuckerberg_17-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mark-Zuckerberg_17-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mark-Zuckerberg_17-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mark-Zuckerberg_17-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Some Facebook users with banned accounts wondered if Mark Zuckerberg was playing an April Fools\u2019 joke. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to screenshots shared online, many banned accounts were also barred from filing appeals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe Cannot Review the Decision to Disable Your Account,\u201d read a red box shared in several screenshots. \u201cYour Facebook account was disabled because it did not follow our Community Standards. This decision can\u2019t be reversed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The surge in complaints about inexplicable bans appears to go back to roughly Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust happened to my wife about 30 minutes ago,\u201d one Reddit user wrote on Wednesday in reference to Facebook\u2019s disabling accounts. \u201cShe posts pics of our family\u2026that\u2019s about it. Nothing remotely controversial.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/facebook-86.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Meta\" class=\"wp-image-21742720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/facebook-86.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/facebook-86.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/facebook-86.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Facebook users complained that their accounts are being banned for no reason.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/facebook-85.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Meta\" class=\"wp-image-21742762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/facebook-85.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/facebook-85.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/facebook-85.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cApparently my Facebook account has been disabled because it didn\u2019t follow community standards,\u201d one Facebook user said.\u00a0<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a follow-up post, the user said his wife\u2019s account was then restored the next morning without explanation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Users also complained that Facebook gave no explanation of which community standards they had violated. Some of them said they had not posted on the site in months, while others said their Instagram accounts had also been affected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same thing happened to me tonight!!!\u201d another Reddit user wrote about their Facebook account being banned. \u201cI have NO idea what happened \u2013 I can\u2019t even remember the last time I commented, posted, or joined a group.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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