Goodbye to monetizing with Facebook – Meta massively demonetizes pages without notice – cr

May 17, 2025

If you have a relative or a close friend who works as a content creator, you might have seen them in a frenzy this last week. And with good reason. Last Monday, many of them woke up with a menacing notice sent by Meta: they would demonetise their accounts, for no apparent reason. No warnings, no strikes, just out of the blue. What a great way to start the week, right?

While most content creators are trying to recover from the heart attack that kind of message provokes, it still unclear why they were sent this notice.

While some Internet users point to a glitch in the algorithm, professional content creators refuse to be so naive. In fact, Facebook creators have been rallying together for the last few days on different platforms. Many insist they haven’t violated any rules. To say they were baffled by the sudden demonetisation notice is an understatement.

Jeff Rainforth, a videographer who covers border issues, shared on X: “If you got a notice from Facebook (META) saying your page lost monetisation due to violations, it’s a platform-wide glitch impacting thousands of big accounts. They’re working on a fix. For updates, check the FB group Facebook Bonus Program Issues.” However, this is just an hypothesis, since he is not directly related or working for Facebook, nor has it been contacted by the company through a spokesperson.

Content Creators in Need of an Union

The public Facebook group Rainforth mentioned has grown to over 138,000 members. Group moderator Tanye Lacombe addressed the situation, writing: “Good afternoon, everyone. It looks like there’s a potential system glitch affecting a lot of accounts, especially those tied to entity and partner monetization rules. Right now, it seems to be pretty widespread. Please hang tight while Meta works on getting this sorted out.”

Facebook content creators did not keep quiet: they quickly made their opinion public on several social platforms –Facebook included (isn’t that just meta? Quite ironic, to be honest). While some admitted to having freaked out, others simply mentioned they experienced the same issue.

What they all had in common was how it had happened without a warning. Most creators, in fact, had not received any previous penalties that warned them they were in hot water with Meta. They added that it was somewhat of a relief to hear it might just be a glitch and hoped the problem would be fixed soon for everyone.

Sheer Outrage Over the Demonetisation

On May 12, 2025, the group’s page was flooded with posts and comments from users who suddenly found their accounts restricted by demonetization notices. For many creators, these limitations are life-threatening since content creation is their main source of income in an already precarious economy. Plenty of users shared screenshots showing they had received the same type of notice.

One puzzled creator mentioned they had also gotten the message and couldn’t figure out what had triggered it. They explained that they usually post short, original articles about architecture, which seemed unlikely to offend anyone. They even wondered if a comment from someone else on their posts might have caused the issue.

Another user expressed frustration, saying that Facebook had apparently removed their payout account and now wouldn’t allow them to add it back. They explained that when they clicked “get started,” the platform simply redirected them to Facebook’s general information pages about payouts, offering no real solution.

Meta has not issued a formal statement about this incident yet. (Zuckerberg must be busy paddling in Hawaii again to deign addressing peasant content creators.) However, the company has stated in the last few months that they are taking firm steps to cut down the amount of span plaguing their platform.

Since the reinstatement of the Only Friends setting, which makes the platform look like the original FaceBook webpage, content creators have some ground to suspect this massive demonetisation was done on purpose to cut down spam.

 

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