Report Someone on Facebook

Facebook is a social media website where you can connect with people from different areas of your life. Occasionally, however, you may come across something that is offensive. When you see something that you think violates the Facebook Terms such as nudity, bullying, graphic violence, or spam, you may wish to report it. Facebook provides ways to report someone for violating terms even if you do not have a Facebook account.

Steps

Reporting Someone with an Account

  1. Log on to Facebook. Navigate to Facebook’s login page on your web browser and login.
  2. Search for the person or page that you want to report. Enter the person or page’s name in the search bar located at the top of the page.
  3. Click the “...” button. The “...” button is located at bottom right hand corner of the cover photo. It is next to the buttons “Add Friend” and “Message.” Once you click the “...” button, a window will pop up. On this window, find “Report” and click it.
  4. Select the reason why you want to report the account. After you click “Report,” a window will appear with the options “Report content shared” or “Report this account.” Choose the one you feel is most appropriate.
  5. Click “Continue.” A new window will appear asking you to select what’s wrong with the account you’re reporting. Pick the option that corresponds to your complaint. Click “Continue” again.
  6. Select what the person is doing to violate the Facebook Terms. On the next window, Facebook will ask “what are they doing?” Select the option that you want to report. Click “Continue” once again.
  7. Decide your solution. The “Resolve a Problem” window will appear. Facebook will recommend actions based on the complaint you described in the previous steps. These options include unfollow, unfriend, block, and “Submit to Facebook for Review.” You can choose any combination of the options.[1]

Reporting Someone without an Account

  1. Navigate to the Facebook login screen. Open your web browser and go to Facebook’s login page.
  2. Click the “Help” link on Facebook’s login screen. The “Help” link is located at the very bottom of the login screen.
  3. Click “Report Something.” On the next page, a list of links appear down the left side. The “Report Something” link is located towards the bottom.
  4. Select the “Don’t Have an Account” link from the list on the left. After you select this link, several options will appear. Choose the option that corresponds to the violation you want to report.
  5. Choose “fill at this form.” Once you have chosen the option, Facebook will give you a choice to fill out a form if you don’t have a Facebook account. Once you click the link, the “Report a Violation of Facebook Terms” form will open.
  6. Select the violation you want to report. Choose what you want to report from the form. After you select the violation, a link will appear at the bottom of the form with instructions on each violation.
    • Depending on the violation, you may have fill out a form with your email address. Be ready to provide links to the content and the person you are reporting as well as a description of their violation.
  7. Click the blue "Submit" button to send in your report. If the violation requires you to fill out a form providing your email address and links to the person violating terms, be sure to click the submit button to finalize the report. Facebook will send a response to the email address you provided once they have reviewed the report.

Reporting Someone's Photo

  1. Log into Facebook. Navigate to Facebook’s login page on your web browser and login.
  2. Navigate to the picture you want to report. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the picture. Hover over the picture so that the action bar appears.
  3. Click on “Options.” On the action bar, “Options” will be beside “Tag Photo.”
  4. Click “Report Photo.” When you click “Options,” a menu will appear. Find “Report Photo” on this menu and click it. The window “Help Us Understand What’s Happening” will appear.
  5. Select why you don’t want to see the photo. You will be able to choose from several options. Choose “I think it shouldn't be on Facebook.” The window “What’s wrong with this photo?” will appear.
  6. Choose the most appropriate description. On the “What’s wrong with this photo?” window, you will be able to choose if the picture is pornography, harmful, annoying, or has a picture of you or your family that you don’t want on Facebook. Choose the option that best describes the photo.
  7. Decide what action you want to take. Depending on what you choose, you will be presented with the options to unfollow, unfriend, block, and “Submit to Facebook for Review.” You can choose any combination of the options.

Tips

  • All reports are confidential. The person you report won’t know that you reported them.
  • If you encounter something you don’t like on Facebook that doesn't violate the Facebook Terms, you can hide it from your News Feed, unfriend or block the person, or send a message to the person and ask them to take it down.[1]

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.facebook.com/help/263149623790594/
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