What causes the gray box to appear in Facebook on iPad?

Many reports on people getting a gray box on their posts. Mainly iPad it seems. So what is the explanation?




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iPad Air 3, iPadOS 18

Posted on Mar 4, 2025 09:58 AM

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Mar 5, 2025 12:18 PM in response to Rebarand

So what is the explanation?


If you are asking Apple, they will not see your question in this user-to-user forum. I have seen this same complaint for some time and with a variety of device makes and types. That says "Facebook" issue.


This non-Apple article suggests it is some kind of "Nanny" function built into Facebook:


https://techcult.com/why-is-my-facebook-post-grayed-out/


A web search for "gray box on facebook" turns up hits going back a couple of years. It is not Apple-specific and therefor Apple cannot fix.

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