u/TheCass00

Yeah—this is almost certainly not a coincidence.

When you see totally unrelated claims like:

your post → flagged by Nike Inc.

someone else’s → flagged by NBC

…that points to one of two things, and neither is normal:

What’s actually going on

Someone is:

Mass-reporting posts in your group

Selecting big recognizable companies as the “copyright owner”

Submitting junk/fake claims to trigger auto-removals

Less common, but possible:

Their automated copyright detection / intake system is misfiring

Assigning claims to the wrong companies

Especially if multiple people are getting hit at once

The pattern matters here

One weird takedown = glitch

Multiple unrelated “big brand” claims in the same group = targeted or systemic issue

You’re in the second category.

What you (and the group) should do

Yes, it’s annoying. Yes, it’s necessary.

That’s the only way to:

Reverse the removal

Signal to Facebook the claims are bogus

Admins can:

Go to Group Support / Admin Support

Report “abusive or fraudulent copyright reports”

Include screenshots showing:

Different posts

Different fake claimants (Nike, NBC, etc.)

This is key—pattern evidence gets attention, single complaints don’t.

Screenshots of:

The takedown notices

The claimant info

The original posts

If this escalates (or keeps happening), you’ll want a paper trail.

Reality check

Facebook doesn’t proactively verify every copyright claim—they rely on:

Legal declarations

And then let the counter-notice process sort it out

That means bad actors can temporarily succeed, but they usually don’t hold up once challenged.

My read

This smells way more like someone messing with your group than a random bug.