diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
index 92c0b39db0..ab7d2b6d9d 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
@@ -661,11 +661,12 @@ final class ChatModel: ObservableObject {
                 chats[i].chatItems = switch cInfo {
                 case .group:
                     if let currentPreviewItem = chats[i].chatItems.first {
-                        // For a pending invitee the support item (received via the broker clock) is the
-                        // reason this preview updates; its itemTs isn't comparable to a locally-stamped
-                        // group event, so always surface it rather than dropping it on a cross-clock check.
-                        if cInfo.groupInfo?.membership.memberPending ?? false
-                            || cItem.meta.itemTs >= currentPreviewItem.meta.itemTs {
+                        // For a pending invitee, surface the latest support message in the preview (its
+                        // broker-clock itemTs isn't comparable to a locally-stamped group event), but don't
+                        // let a no-content group event re-cover a message already shown ("reviewed by admins").
+                        if cInfo.groupInfo?.membership.memberPending ?? false {
+                            (cItem.content.hasMsgContent || !currentPreviewItem.content.hasMsgContent) ? [cItem] : [currentPreviewItem]
+                        } else if cItem.meta.itemTs >= currentPreviewItem.meta.itemTs {
                             [cItem]
                         } else {
                             [currentPreviewItem]
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
index 26e925791c..88c7b6d8e4 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
@@ -546,11 +546,12 @@ object ChatModel {
             is ChatInfo.Group -> {
               val currentPreviewItem = chat.chatItems.firstOrNull()
               if (currentPreviewItem != null) {
-                // For a pending invitee the support item (received via the broker clock) is the
-                // reason this preview updates; its itemTs isn't comparable to a locally-stamped
-                // group event, so always surface it rather than dropping it on a cross-clock check.
-                if (cInfo.groupInfo_?.membership?.memberPending == true ||
-                  cItem.meta.itemTs >= currentPreviewItem.meta.itemTs) {
+                // For a pending invitee, surface the latest support message in the preview (its
+                // broker-clock itemTs isn't comparable to a locally-stamped group event), but don't
+                // let a no-content group event re-cover a message already shown ("reviewed by admins").
+                if (cInfo.groupInfo_?.membership?.memberPending == true) {
+                  if (cItem.content.hasMsgContent || !currentPreviewItem.content.hasMsgContent) cItem else currentPreviewItem
+                } else if (cItem.meta.itemTs >= currentPreviewItem.meta.itemTs) {
                   cItem
                 } else {
                   currentPreviewItem