How to quickly recover a disabled Facebook account

Over a billion people use Facebook, which means a lot of bad actors are also on the platform trying to exploit users. They use fake accounts, bots, and other tactics to target people, which has led Facebook to put certain guardrails in place and disable accounts that violate them. However, many genuine accounts get caught in the crosshairs and end up being disabled.

Richard from Dennis Port, MA, recently emailed me describing a similar issue he faced when Facebook disabled his newly created account without any warning:

"I have never had a facebook account and decided that I would like to get one. I filled out the information requested, submitted it and received a message saying Welcome to Facebook. Shortly after, I received another message saying that after a review my account has been permanently disabled as it does not meet community standards. There does not seem to be any way of correcting this. Any suggestions?"

I understand your concern, Richard. While there’...