As we work to make sure that potentially harmful groups aren’t recommended to people, we try to be careful not to penalize high-quality groups on similar topics. We know we have a greater responsibility when we are amplifying or recommending content. These changes will roll out globally over the coming months. Today we’re sharing the latest in our ongoing work to keep Groups safe, which includes our thinking on how to keep recommendations safe as well as reducing privileges for those who break our rules. When a group repeatedly breaks our rules, we take it down entirely. That’s why we’ve taken action to curb the spread of harmful content, like hate speech and misinformation, and made it harder for certain groups to operate or be discovered, whether they’re Public or Private.

It’s important to us that people can discover and engage safely with Facebook groups so that they can connect with others around shared interests and life experiences. This provides more fairness for communities and helps ensure that the right call is being made when it comes to enforcing our policies. Flagged by Facebook involves admins in content review earlier in the process, before members receive a strike and content is removed.įlagged by Facebook is in addition to the existing ability for admins to appeal when something is taken down for violating our Community Standards. This feature shows admins content that has been flagged for removal before it is shown to the broader community.Īdmins can then either review and remove the content themselves, or ask for a review by Facebook and provide additional feedback on why they think that piece of content should remain on the platform. That’s why we’re announcing Flagged by Facebook. We also want to make sure that our enforcement is transparent and fair. These current penalties include restricting their ability to post, comment, add new members to a group or create new groups.

This measure will help reduce the ability of members who break our rules from reaching others in their communities, and builds on the existing restrictions placed upon members who violate Community Standards. These demotions will get more severe as they accrue more violations. To continue limiting the reach of people who break our rules, we’ll start demoting all Groups content from members who have broken our Community Standards, anywhere on Facebook. Today, we’re announcing new measures to keep Facebook Groups safe.

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