Social media has become one of the main parts of our regular life. People are using social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram majorly for communication with their friends and family. Social media platforms like Facebook have more advantages to the people with a variety of features. But at the same time there are also some disadvantages with Facebook like spreading negativity and misinformation to the people in the community.
To stop this type of activities and behavior Facebook introduced a feature called Facebook Jail. This is some type of Temporary and permanent banning of accounts by Facebook. In our article we will completely discuss this Facebook feature by Facebook. Let’s get into the guide in detail.
What Exactly is Facebook Jail?
With more than 2 Billion accounts in Facebook, security is the major concern and issue by the administrators. They need to restrict those people and accounts who are not following the rules and regulations set by Facebook. For example some people will use Facebook groups and pages to spread false information to the people. Some people will use their Facebook accounts and pages for business purposes like selling and buying products and services.
Sometimes these people will not follow the rules set by the admins and post some unrelated and unwanted posts. At this time Facebook will take action on these people’s accounts and profiles. Facebook will ban them temporarily or permanently. The ban period and type will be based on their mistakes. This feature is called Facebook Jail. it means that you are in a lock up and you cannot post anything from your account until it lids the ban on your account. This scenario is called Facebook Jail. this ban is two types
Temporary Ban: This type of blocking is just temporary. When you try to open your account or post anything or comment then you will get a notification like “your account is temporarily restricted please try after sometime”. This type of blocking is for up to 3 hours, 9 hours, 1 day, 3 days or up to 30 days. After this period you can again start using your Facebook account by following their rules and regulations properly.
Permanent Ban: In this type of blocking your account or page is permanently banned from posting and using. You cannot open your account if you are permanently banned by Facebook. In this situation you need to appeal to Facebook and if they consider your appeal request then they will look into the issue.
Why You Might Have Been Ended Up In Facebook Jail?
There are several reasons that your account or page may be restricted and you may end up in Facebook Jail. Below are some of the main reasons which we had found out by some research
- Provocative posts
- Personal Attacks
- Hate Speeches
- Spamming
- Too many friend requests in a single day
- Too many groups join requests in a single day.
- Login with different accounts Simultaneously.
How To Avoid Facebook Jail?
If we follow the Facebook community rules and guidelines then you need not worry about getting landed in Facebook jail. Only if you do not follow the specific rules set by Facebook then you will land in Facebook Jail and may get banned from using your Facebook account or page. For your good sake first do the below things
- Properly read the Facebook Terms and Conditions
- Don’t spam users
- Avoid bad behavior on your account or page.
- Don’t use plagiarized content on your account.
- You need to avoid unnecessary tagging.
- You have to limit your posting activity.
- Link shortening.
Bottom Line
These days, security and safety in social media is a must and should because social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest are used by many people from small children to old age people. Mainly school going children and college students are getting affected through this social media. If we do not use social media properly we may end up in danger. The features like Facebook Jail will only protect us to some extent. In reality we have to be safe and secure by taking some useful tips and measures and not getting scammed in social media.
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