Meta has said that it is rolling out a new feature focused on educating instead of punishing – most first-time Facebook Community Standards violators.
As part of this new training, Professional Mode users will learn from their mistakes rather than immediately incur a formal warning, according to the company.
“Now, when a creator violates our Community Standards for the first time, they will receive a notification to complete an in-app educational training about the policy they violated. Upon completion, their warning will be removed from their record and if they avoid another violation for one year, they can participate in the ‘remove your warning’ experience again,” Meta said in a blogpost.
If the creators violate a policy again within the year, they will get another warning, but it will no longer be removable.
In addition, if a second violation occurs within a year after the initial warning removal, a warning will be issued to the Professional Profile which cannot be removed, the tech giant explained.
A subsequent violation could result in the account’s reach and monetization opportunities being limited.
Moreover, the company mentioned that when a creator receives a violation notice “they will get notified that their content has been removed and why, and will be offered the chance to remove the warning from their account”.
Further in the blogpost, Meta said that the most serious community standards, such as posting content that includes sexual exploitation, the sale of high-risk drugs, or glorification of dangerous organisations and individuals – are ineligible for warning removal.
“We will still remove content when it violates our policies,” the company noted.
The tech giant plan to roll out the feature more broadly in the coming months.