To ask about reporting on Facebook

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I'm friends with someone on Facebook for work reasons. I need to stay friends so that I can keep working basically.

They have posted in that past some quite racist comments that I have been really unhappy with, and would have unfriended if I could.

Now there is a post that includes a picture of a member of the public in a vulnerable state. If I report this post to Facebook, will they be told who reported it? TIA

A chap I know had a colleague who’d put some racist remarks on FB. I think he’s still suspended from work (due to their social media policy) and the police are deciding whether to prosecute.

No, they won't be told who reported it.

Think it’s very unlikely that they’d know who reported the post, although I’m not 100% sure.
Could you hide their posts from your feed? Alternatively, could you delete and block them so they think you’re not on FB anymore? Depends on your situation, I know.

No they won't be told who reported it.

What job requires FB friendship?

You could unfollow them, so they're on your friends list but you don't see their posts. And put them on a restricted view of yours.

FB won't tell them who reported the post, but I wouldn't expect FB to do much - they're shit.

Sorry if I confused you. I'd like the post to be deleted as the photo is of someone in a very vulnerable situation. Their personal details can also been seen. If it was me, I'd be absolutely livid.

I need to stay friends as they pass work to me every so often, I'm self employed. I wish I was earning enough to not need these leads from them.

I report lots of stuff on Facebook and they never do anything. They just say it hasn’t breached their “community standards”. Even when it was someone on a selling site clearly soliciting people to use their bank accounts for the purposes of money laundering. I just don’t know how Facebook can get away with not doing anything. Aren’t they audited on this stuff? Report it anyway though, don’t just ignore.

If you report a post to Facebook itself, then it doesn't tell the person who has reported it.
If FB takes it down,they may notify the person that it was in breach of the rules or whatever, but it doesn't state who it was who reported it.

So Facebook only allows you to report if it's breaching a category. I'll hopefully upload a screenshot. It figures that they don't care about a breach of someone's privacy and personal data!

Harassment might be the best category ?

They won’t be told, but FB will do bugger all about it.

I have reported on those awful village groups where they all gang up on each other. It was upheld, 3 day ban for one and 1 month ban for another. They don’t know it’s me, I’m not even friends with them, they were posting publically.

Thanks all. I've just tried to do it and the screen shot I posted upthread doesn't actually work! I can't select any of the reasons or move forward from that screen. I'm so annoyed now, I'm determined to report this! Any ideas anyone?

Report under harassment (per pic above)

I report all the vigilante type stuff all the time . Some of it goes, some doesnt

It looks like I have to log in from a PC as the phone app is not letting me click on one of those options. I can't believe it's so hard to report!

You could always use the browser on you phone and go to the fb desktop page rather than firing up the pc. If it's racist, would it be classed as hate speech?

Can you report it to their boss? Some work places have social media policies that prevent this type of thing.

Still can't seem to report it, so frustrating. The person posting is the business owner so can't go in that direction.

I don't want to put myself by saying exactly what it is. Imagine it's a selfie in a beauty salon, in the background you can see a door has probably only just been opened and inside you can see someone having a bikini wax.

I'm angry because the woman's face can be clearly seen, as well as what's happening. She's wearing her work badge and name can be seen also. I believe she has a right to expect privacy in that situation and selfie boss owner is breaching her privacy. I'd be livid if it was me. The is not a category for reporting this on FB.

Of course you can report this, and it stays anonymous. Fb won't disclose who did it so your "friend" will not know it was you.

Facebook are only a company, I think you’re putting too much faith in them to sort it out. What don’t you tell the business owner they’ve included someone having a bikini wax in the background? Must be an amazing picture to see their work badge and everything

Facebook won't do anything, I've reported everything from racism to pornographic images and not one post was removed.

You were all right. They did nothing.

So the actual situation was in a hospital. Selfie on a post surgical ward. It had in the background a lady in her bed, asleep. She was in her nightie and covers were down so you could see all of her legs and right up to her knickers. As an older lady as well, I felt she would be mortified and deeply humiliated by it. Some people replied to the post making fun of her.

The post was shared to a Facebook group for our whole town. 20k members and very active. If you zoomed in you could see her name written on a white board next to her bed along with other details.

It's wrong that this kind of thing is allowed to remain. You are at your most vulnerable when you are in hospital, by yourself, recovering from surgery. She was entitled to more dignity than this. I'm beyond angry.

Well hopefully the DM will get hold of this one and it will go as viral as the lady who took a pic of someone in a changing room. How awful to happen in a hospital and FB allow it

Why not report to the board admins, they are more likely to remove it than FB would.

Thanks for replies and suggestions. Unfortunately I can't report it to the admin of the group as they are good friends and I need to stay anonymous.

Where are the DM when you need them?!