FB being strict than ever

[axcer]

I'd fb accounts (3-4 yrs old) - personally phone verified.
I used them to manage few fanpages - posting manually (no spams)

A week earlier one of my account stuck in security check - they say my phone needs to be re-verified.
I put in the number used to verify that account earlier. Verification sms never arrived.
I moved on.

Today, another account is pending verification. They want me to upload my real photo.
Its in the process of verification.

This is frustrating as I'm trying to build up nicely (atleast manually).

Anybody experiencing this lately?

 

[icemetal]

Yup, my accounts get blocked just for sharing a post from my Facebook page. I get the “unusual activity message” and then phone verification. When that happens I know it’s over for the account.

 

[RedPhoenix]

Facebook recently added on a team of black hatters. Their job is literally to make fake accounts, and just try to do what actual black hatters do(build followers, push leads, etc). They take the best steps they can to avoid detection. use clean numbers, get dedicated ips, etc. And then report back what isn't being stopped and their exact methods used to evade the current system. Once they're done, they also mark the unflagged accounts as such, and FB's hivemind adds it to the knowledge base of suspicious activity.

They launched the program about a year ago. It's going to become increasingly difficult to beat the system.

One thing I know is now flagged as suspicious are "aged" accounts that were dormant for years and suddenly light up. That's been elevated to prime blackhat scrutiny. And any account that's highly active throughout the day for weeks at a time, but with no mobile access is also under elevated scrutiny. No one single thing tips it off, but each thing just adds an extra "That sure is strange" item to the list.

 

[Cool Guy]

My FB pages with overall 50K likes just got banned for copyright violations!

 

[axcer]

Yup, my accounts get blocked just for sharing a post from my Facebook page. I get the “unusual activity message” and then phone verification. When that happens I know it’s over for the account.

Yes, that's what happened last time to me.

Facebook recently added on a team of black hatters. Their job is literally to make fake accounts, and just try to do what actual black hatters do(build followers, push leads, etc). They take the best steps they can to avoid detection. use clean numbers, get dedicated ips, etc. And then report back what isn't being stopped and their exact methods used to evade the current system. Once they're done, they also mark the unflagged accounts as such, and FB's hivemind adds it to the knowledge base of suspicious activity.

They launched the program about a year ago. It's going to become increasingly difficult to beat the system.

One thing I know is now flagged as suspicious are "aged" accounts that were dormant for years and suddenly light up. That's been elevated to prime blackhat scrutiny. And any account that's highly active throughout the day for weeks at a time, but with no mobile access is also under elevated scrutiny. No one single thing tips it off, but each thing just adds an extra "That sure is strange" item to the list.

What amazes me is I can't even have an account without any profile picture - just to get into some groups, manage fanpage etc

My FB pages with overall 50K likes just got banned for copyright violations!

Sorry to hear that... It's getting tougher every day!

 

[RayChand]

Facebook recently added on a team of black hatters. Their job is literally to make fake accounts, and just try to do what actual black hatters do(build followers, push leads, etc). They take the best steps they can to avoid detection. use clean numbers, get dedicated ips, etc. And then report back what isn't being stopped and their exact methods used to evade the current system. Once they're done, they also mark the unflagged accounts as such, and FB's hivemind adds it to the knowledge base of suspicious activity.

They launched the program about a year ago. It's going to become increasingly difficult to beat the system.

One thing I know is now flagged as suspicious are "aged" accounts that were dormant for years and suddenly light up. That's been elevated to prime blackhat scrutiny. And any account that's highly active throughout the day for weeks at a time, but with no mobile access is also under elevated scrutiny. No one single thing tips it off, but each thing just adds an extra "That sure is strange" item to the list.

Sounds like they have a better team than Google

 

[icemetal]

It sucks but it looks like we are slowly being pushed to more white hat techniques. Facebook has too much traffic to ignore and on the bright side It's better to create a page/ group and just post quality content and build it up slowly, think of it as a supplement source of traffic for your website. Also make sure to have social sharing buttons on your site so that people can like and share your page, and if you are really serious I think buying ads to boost your page isn't a bad idea, sucks to pay but at least this way it will be long term.

 

[crystygye]

all my facebook accounts are banned. i try make a new one with just a normal profile and my real picture was decline. why? i don't know.
so i am out of facebook for ever it seams

 

[Jovanov1c]

Happens to me as well pretty much every week. Although i don't have any personal photos on my profile since i use it mainly to manage my pages/share to groups. That might trigger them, idk...

 

[micpitt]

they have AI bots running everywhere on the website. I shared a funny NSFW image in messages with friend, Instant Ban. It was a funny image which people were sharing normally on Whatsapp. Dont know what triggered them over a funny image.

 

[axcer]

It sucks but it looks like we are slowly being pushed to more white hat techniques. Facebook has too much traffic to ignore and on the bright side It's better to create a page/ group and just post quality content and build it up slowly, think of it as a supplement source of traffic for your website. Also make sure to have social sharing buttons on your site so that people can like and share your page, and if you are really serious I think buying ads to boost your page isn't a bad idea, sucks to pay but at least this way it will be long term.

I was trying to do everything manually - creating posts myself (no any automated softwares). I was using that account to manage my fanpage so it had no friends and other activity.
All of a sudden security check and account gone.

 

[Nandhugp]

Facebook recently added on a team of black hatters. Their job is literally to make fake accounts, and just try to do what actual black hatters do(build followers, push leads, etc). They take the best steps they can to avoid detection. use clean numbers, get dedicated ips, etc. And then report back what isn't being stopped and their exact methods used to evade the current system. Once they're done, they also mark the unflagged accounts as such, and FB's hivemind adds it to the knowledge base of suspicious activity.

They launched the program about a year ago. It's going to become increasingly difficult to beat the system.

One thing I know is now flagged as suspicious are "aged" accounts that were dormant for years and suddenly light up. That's been elevated to prime blackhat scrutiny. And any account that's highly active throughout the day for weeks at a time, but with no mobile access is also under elevated scrutiny. No one single thing tips it off, but each thing just adds an extra "That sure is strange" item to the list.

Yes it would be way harder since we can't just blast aged accounts.

 

[john-benjamin]

Facebook recently added on a team of black hatters. Their job is literally to make fake accounts, and just try to do what actual black hatters do(build followers, push leads, etc). They take the best steps they can to avoid detection. use clean numbers, get dedicated ips, etc. And then report back what isn't being stopped and their exact methods used to evade the current system. Once they're done, they also mark the unflagged accounts as such, and FB's hivemind adds it to the knowledge base of suspicious activity.

They launched the program about a year ago. It's going to become increasingly difficult to beat the system.

One thing I know is now flagged as suspicious are "aged" accounts that were dormant for years and suddenly light up. That's been elevated to prime blackhat scrutiny. And any account that's highly active throughout the day for weeks at a time, but with no mobile access is also under elevated scrutiny. No one single thing tips it off, but each thing just adds an extra "That sure is strange" item to the list.

What is the source for this information?

It might be true but a valid source will be appreciated.

 

[axcer]

Update:
FB 'returned' me one of my account.
It was stuck in the security check and had asked me to upload my real photo.
I uploaded a random pic that I found online and after about 3 days my account is restored.

 

[Calithran]

Today, another account is pending verification. They want me to upload my real photo.
Its in the process of verification.

This is frustrating as I'm trying to build up nicely (atleast manually).

Anybody experiencing this lately?

Yes, I experienced this even though I never post anything into FB. They wanted me to upload my photo. And I received this verification notice once every 3 days. Finally, I hide all the posts in my Facebook main dashboard. After that, this problem stops.

 

[Mane.D]

I got blocked for one mounth i tell fb to review again the post and
We're sorry we got this wrong. We've reviewed your photo again and it does follow our Community Standards.
We appreciate you taking the time to request a review. Your feedback helps us do better. my post is okay but im still blocked for 1 mount i cant like i cant write nothing just to see. This is 4 time im getting blocked for 1 mounth

 

[AleksandarPaskov]

I'd fb accounts (3-4 yrs old) - personally phone verified.
I used them to manage few fanpages - posting manually (no spams)

A week earlier one of my account stuck in security check - they say my phone needs to be re-verified.
I put in the number used to verify that account earlier. Verification sms never arrived.
I moved on.

Today, another account is pending verification. They want me to upload my real photo.
Its in the process of verification.

This is frustrating as I'm trying to build up nicely (atleast manually).

Anybody experiencing this lately?

Careful with FB nowadays, I got penalized coz of a duplicate picture ( already exist from some user )

 

[axcer]

Careful with FB nowadays, I got penalized coz of a duplicate picture ( already exist from some user )

Seems like I got lucky... until next time!

 

[axcer]

I got blocked for one mounth i tell fb to review again the post and
We're sorry we got this wrong. We've reviewed your photo again and it does follow our Community Standards.
We appreciate you taking the time to request a review. Your feedback helps us do better. my post is okay but im still blocked for 1 mount i cant like i cant write nothing just to see. This is 4 time im getting blocked for 1 mounth

I always linked my real FB profile to all the fanpages - master admin

 

[Mane.D]

I always linked my real FB profile to all the fanpages - master admin

its my real profile