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How to Report Someone on Facebook
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This wikiHow teaches you how to report a user's account on Facebook. You can perform this process on both the Facebook mobile app and the Facebook desktop site. If the user posted an offensive or distasteful item, you can instead report the post.
- If you aren't already logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password to continue.
- Alternatively, locate and tap their name in your News Feed.
- You can also report business or celebrity pages, though the report options will differ slightly.
- Pretending to Be Someone
- Fake Account
- Posting Inappropriate Things
- I Want to Help
- Something Else
- Pretending to Be Someone — Tap Me , A Friend , or Celebrity in the "Who are they pretending to be?" section.
- I Want to Help — Tap a reason (e.g., Suicide or Harassment ) in the "Can you give us some more details?" section.
- If you aren't already logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password in the upper-right side of the page before continuing.
- Alternatively, locate and click their name in your News Feed.
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- 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. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
- Don't report users for non-violations. Reporting a user when they've done nothing wrong by Facebook's standards can result in you losing access to your account. Thanks Helpful 2 Not Helpful 2
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While Facebook is more personal than Twitter—you’re less likely to get into a shouting match with a random, anonymous stranger—it isn’t without its problems.
While Facebook is more personal than Twitter—you’re less likely to get into a shouting match with a random, anonymous stranger—it isn’t without its problems. Since everyone is using their real names, or at least real identities, it’s easier for abuse to get more personal.
Facebook’s Terms of Service ban any bullying, abuse, and harassment; people also aren’t allowed post any content that is threatening or contains hate speech, nudity, or violence. Other than that, though, people are free to post pretty much whatever they want. Just because you don’t agree with something, doesn’t mean it’s not allowed on Facebook. If, however, you’re sure it breaches the Terms of Service, here’s how to report a Facebook post.
Find the post you want to report on Facebook. I’m using this innocent post from my colleague Justin.
Click or tap on the little arrow in the top right.
Select Report Post.
You’ll be presented with a popup giving you a few options. Select the option that most applies—if you’re reporting something abusive, it will normally be I Think It Shouldn’t Be On Facebook—and click or tap Continue.
Next, you’ll need to provide some more information about why you’re reporting the post. Select the reason and click or tap Continue again.
Select who the post is targeting.
Related: How to Block Someone on Facebook
Facebook will present you with a few options. If you want to deal with things immediately, unfriend, unfollow or block the person. Otherwise, if you’re sure you want to report the post to Facebook, select Submit to Facebook for Review.
And that’s it. The post is reported.
Related: How to Clean Up Your Facebook News Feed in Just a Few Taps
Facebook’s review team will take a look at your report. If they agree that the post was against the Terms of Service, they’ll take action. Unfortunately, if they don’t agree not a lot will happen. It’s up to you to block or unfollow the offending person .
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OMAHA, Neb. – BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without fear of discipline.
The Federal Railroad Administration announced Thursday that the railroad owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway had agreed to let its roughly 650 dispatchers participate in the program that all the major railroads promised to join after last year's disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio.
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“Rail workers deserve to know they’re safe when they’re on the job — and if they experience anything that compromises their safety, they should be able to report it without worrying if their job is in jeopardy,” said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Buttigieg has been urging the railroads to improve safety ever since the February 2023 derailment.
“We hope this program will further empower our employees to provide confidential feedback on critical safety issues in an actionable, timely manner," BNSF CEO Katie Farmer said.
Until NS became the first railroad to sign onto the anonymous reporting system in January, all the major freight railroads resisted joining because they wanted the ability to discipline workers who use the hotline in certain circumstances. The Association of American Railroads trade group has said railroads were worried that the system could be abused by workers who try to avoid discipline by reporting situations a railroad already knows about.
But the idea of disciplining workers who report safety concerns undermines the entire purpose of such a hotline because workers won’t use it if they fear retribution, unions and workplace safety experts said. That's especially important on the railroads where there is a long history of workers being fired for reporting safety violations or injuries.
The president of the American Train Dispatchers Association, Ed Dowell, said this move “marks a pivotal moment for rail safety.”
“As a program focused on proactive safety measures, it will serve as the new standard for reporting, understanding, and preventing rail incidents," Dowell said.
The Norfolk Southern program is also limited in scope. Only about 1,000 members of the two unions representing engineers and conductors who work in three locations on that railroad can participate. Besides Norfolk Southern and now BNSF, only Amtrak and several dozen small railroads use the government reporting program.
The big railroads — that also include Union Pacific, CSX, CPKC and Canadian National — all already have their own internal safety reporting hotlines. But railroad unions have consistently said workers are reluctant to use the railroads’ own safety hotlines because they fear retribution.
“Let’s be perfectly clear, railroads remain committed to joining the program and creating an additional trusted avenue for employees to report potential safety concerns,” said Association of American Railroads spokeswoman Jessica Kahanek.
FRA Administrator Amit Bose said it’s crucial to have a way for rail workers to use their experience and expertise to raise safety concerns that the railroads can address proactively.
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Report Something on Facebook. Please select the option that best describes what you'd like to report and then use the link or information provided to find the best way to report it. By choosing the correct option, you'll help us review your report faster and more accurately. Learn what else you can do.
When you report a group on Facebook, the company will review its content to see if it violates their guidelines. You will receive an email notifying you of Facebook's decision. You can also decide to report specific posts to the admins of a Facebook group, who can determine the best course of action.
If you're a Facebook group admin, you can choose whether or not to allow anonymous posts.
As a group admin, you'll see a notification in your group when someone reports a post to you. View and manage reported posts and comments in a Facebook group you admin | Facebook Help Center Help Center
Report a group. From your Feed, click Groups in the left menu or search for the name of the group you want to report. Click below the cover photo and select Report group. Select what's wrong with the group, click Submit then click Done.
Click . Toggle . Create your post, then click . If you decide not to post anonymously while creating your post, toggle again to turn it off. If the admins require post approval in the group or require approval of anonymous posts or post edits, then your anonymous post will be reviewed by admins or moderators.
To get started, launch a web browser on your computer and head over to the Facebook site. When the site loads, from the sidebar on the left, select "Groups." On the "Groups" screen, from the sidebar on the left, select your group. Then, in the pane on the right, click the "Anonymous Post" option. Facebook will open an "Anonymous Post" window.
Turn anonymous posting on or off. From your group, tap . Scroll down and select Group settings. Scroll down to Manage discussion and select Anonymous posting. Toggle People can submit anonymous posts in this group. Tap Save. Require approval of anonymous posts and post edits. From your group, tap . Scroll down and select Group settings.
Report a post or comment to the admins. Tap in the top right of Facebook, then tap Groups and select your group. If it's a post, tap to the right of the post. If it's a comment, tap the comment. Tap Report to Admin for a post, or Report Comment to Admins for a comment. Tap Report to confirm.
Select the reason you're reporting the Group and click Continue. Facebook will offer you a range of possible actions. To place a report, select Submit to Facebook for Review. On mobile, the process is similar. Visit the group. If you are a member tap Info and then Report Group. If you ware not a member, tap View Group Info and then Report Group.
Posting Anonymously on Facebook For Android and iOS Users. Tap the menu on the top right of Facebook and navigate to "Groups." Select your desired group from "Your groups." Tap "Write something ...
The Report to Admin feature definitely tells them who reported. Not sure about Report to Facebook - it used to be anonymous but I'm hearing conflicting things since they changed things up in 2020. I normally wouldn't too care too much about that but I would like to stay in this group for other content. I'm hoping a little reminder from Facebook ...
Report that something isn't working on Facebook. Log into Facebook on a computer. Click your profile picture in the top right of Facebook. Select Help & support, then select Report a problem and follow the on-screen instructions. Learn more about what data gets sent to us when you report something that isn't working.
2. Go to the page of the person whom you want to report. Tap the search bar at the top of the screen, type in the name of the person you want to report, tap their name, and then tap their profile image. Alternatively, locate and tap their name in your News Feed. You can also report business or celebrity pages, though the report options will ...
Click or tap on the little arrow in the top right. Select Report Post. You'll be presented with a popup giving you a few options. Select the option that most applies—if you're reporting something abusive, it will normally be I Think It Shouldn't Be On Facebook—and click or tap Continue. Next, you'll need to provide some more ...
OMAHA, Neb. - BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without fear of discipline. The ...
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