'How do you know if someone blocked you on Messenger?': Here's how to use the Facebook app's send and receive features to figure it out

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• There's no built-in tool that lets you know if someone blocked you on Facebook Messenger. 
• However, you can infer if you have been blocked on Messenger by the state of the message status icon.
• For privacy and security reasons, Facebook doesn't reveal if someone on Facebook Messenger has blocked you.
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Facebook doesn't make it easy to know whether someone has blocked you. 

They do this for privacy and security reasons, which means that, unfortunately, you won't get confirmation that someone has blocked your account.  However, it is possible to deduce whether you've been blocked based on how the Messenger app behaves when you try to send a message.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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