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What triggers it

Content Meta's systems predict likely violates the Community Standards (hate, violence, self-harm/ED, bullying, graphic violence, nudity, restricted goods sales, scams, terrorism) is demoted before any confirmation.

What Facebook says

“Content that our systems predict likely violates our Community Standards, but that has not been confirmed to be a violation.”
Facebook, Content Likely Violating Our Community Standards
Official source: transparency.meta.com/features/approach-to-ranking/content-distribution-guide...

How to fix it

Remove or soften borderline frames, words and covers near any removal rule.

Can FYProof spot it?

A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said, the words on screen and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.

  • Video: looked at for this rule
  • Speech: looked at for this rule
  • On-screen text: looked at for this rule
  • Caption: looked at for this rule
  • Hashtags: not for this rule

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