Facebook’s content moderation rules aren’t always clear — especially to users who break them. The company often tosses violators in “Facebook jail” without explaining what they did wrong, removing their posting privileges after one slip-up. However, this week, the company announced improvements to its penalty system that will give users more leeway if they run afoul of the site’s rules.

According to Facebook, it was prompted to make the system fairer and more effective by its independent Oversight Board, which issued these new rules as a recommendation.

“Under the new system, we will focus on helping people understand why we have removed their content, which is shown to be more effective at preventing re-offending, rather than so quickly restricting their ability to post,” Facebook wrote in a blog post. “We will still apply account restrictions to persistent violators, typically beginning at the seventh violation, after we’ve given sufficient warnings and explanations to help the person understand why we removed their content.”

Facebook also noted that most people who break its rules are “well-intentioned” and either made a mistake or posted something too close to the line. Hopefully this new system will help educate users and avoid these unfair lockouts.

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