Facebook Group Rules and Moderation Policy Template (Australia)

For Australian Facebook group administrators and moderators

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Use this template to:
  • Set clear rules for respectful, safe and constructive member conduct;
  • Define membership criteria, privacy expectations and participation standards;
  • Document moderation steps for warnings, suspensions, removals and blocks;
  • Provide platform-ready rules, an enforcement matrix and incident log.

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About this Document

Use this template if you:
  • Administer or run a Facebook group in Australia and need clear, published member rules
  • Want a documented moderation process for warnings, suspensions, removals and blocks
  • Need both a short, platform-ready rule set and a more detailed moderation policy
  • Are setting up a public, private or hidden group with a volunteer or employed moderation team
It is suited to:
  • Australian administrators and organisations operating Facebook groups
  • Business, professional, membership, interest, community and customer support groups
  • Public, private or hidden groups with volunteer or employed moderators
  • Groups that are not high-risk, youth-facing, health, financial, employment, political or crisis-support communities
What this template covers:
  • Group profile and status, including name, purpose, audience, access and the relationship with platform rules
  • Membership and participation rules, covering identity, responsibility, minors and no entitlement to access
  • Conduct standards for respect, harassment, hateful or discriminatory content, threats, doxxing and image-based abuse
  • Privacy and confidentiality expectations, including direct messages and administrator access
  • Posting standards, spam, promotions, fundraising and disclosure of commercial interests
  • How members should distinguish personal experience from professional advice and handle high-risk recommendations
  • Intellectual property, prohibited and unlawful content, and immediate removal
  • Moderation authority, escalation, reviews, appeals and record-keeping, with schedules for platform-ready rules, group settings, an enforcement matrix, an incident log and a publication checklist
You receive an editable Word document with placeholders for your group name, owner, purpose, audience, contacts and review dates, plus the supporting schedules set out above. It is a practical, lawyer-drafted starting point for moderating an Australian Facebook group; complex, high-risk or unusual scenarios may still warrant tailored legal advice.

How To Use This Template

This template is a starting point, not a final document. It’s been drafted by Australian lawyers to be practical and flexible, but it still needs to be reviewed and tailored for your specific business, transaction and risk profile.

Before you use it, you should:

  • Complete all placeholders, bracketed items and optional fields;
  • Remove any drafting notes or clauses that aren’t relevant to your situation; and
  • Check that party names, entity details, dates, addresses, contact details and defined terms are accurate.

Make sure the template is consistent with your other documents and obligations – including any existing contracts, policies, procedures, website terms, privacy disclosures, regulatory requirements or internal governance documents. If anything conflicts, it should be resolved before you sign, issue, adopt or implement the document.

If you are using the template as an agreement, it should be reviewed and signed by all relevant parties in accordance with applicable law and your internal signing requirements. If you are using it as a policy, procedure, notice or compliance record, it should be approved and stored under your organisation’s normal document control processes.

This template is provided as general information only and is not legal advice. Complex, high‑value, highly regulated or cross‑border matters will usually require bespoke drafting. For anything outside a straightforward use case, we strongly recommend obtaining legal advice before relying on, signing or implementing this document.

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