Facebook to penalize rule-breaking Groups’ members by demoting them in News Feed

Facebook to penalize rule-breaking Groups’ members by demoting them in News Feed

3 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/20/facebook-to-penalize-rule-breaking-groups-members-by-demoting-them-in-news-feed/

Facebook has been steadily rolling out updates to Facebook Groups aimed at giving admins better ways to manage and moderate their online communities. Recently, this has included a combination of product releases — like access to automated moderation aids and alerts about heated debates — as well as new policies aimed at keeping Groups in check. Today, Facebook says it’s introducing two other changes. It will now enforce stricter measures against Group members who break its rules and it will make some of its removals more transparent, with a new “Flagged by Facebook” feature.

Specifically, Facebook says it will begin to demote all Groups content from members who have broken Facebook’s Community Standards anywhere across its platform. In other words, bad actors on Facebook may see the content they share in Groups downranked, even if they haven’t violated any of that Groups’ rules and policies.