Facebook will start demoting all Groups content from users who have violated policies elsewhere on the site, and will let admins review flagged content
Adi Robertson / The Verge :
Facebook outlines multiple changes for Groups: probation for rule-breaking users, limiting civic and political groups' reach, and requiring more moderation
Ultimately culminating in a ban — Facebook is trying to clean up its Groups experience and limit the reach of potentially problematic users and communities.
Facebook outlines multiple changes for Groups: probation for rule-breaking users, limiting civic and political groups' reach, and requiring more moderation
Ultimately culminating in a ban — Facebook is trying to clean up its Groups experience and limit the reach of potentially problematic users and communities.
Facebook says it will ban QAnon across its platforms, removing all Facebook Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts that represent QAnon
Facebook said Tuesday that it is banning all QAnon accounts from its platforms, a significant escalation over its previous action and one of the broadest rules …
Facebook says it has further cracked down on QAnon, removing 790 Groups and restricting another 1,950 Groups, 440 Pages, and over 10,000 Instagram accounts
The social network also said it was restricting another 1,950 groups, 440 pages on Facebook and more than 10,000 accounts on Instagram related to the conspiracy group.
Facebook removes over 980 Groups, 520 Pages, and 160 ads for “US-based militia organizations” and those that identify as Antifa
Facebook has taken down or restricted more than 10,000 groups, pages and Instagram accounts associated with QAnon, in the latest effort …
WhatsApp begins rolling out an update that lets users block specific individuals from adding them to Groups
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
WhatsApp begins rolling out an update that lets users block specific individuals from adding them to Groups
WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook, has faced a lot of controversy over the role that Groups plays on the platform — both for Groups' role in spreading spam …
After a tip from Twitter, Facebook removes 7 Pages, 3 Groups, 5 accounts originating in China “involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior” regarding Hong Kong
Today, we removed seven Pages, three Groups and five Facebook accounts involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior …
Facebook simplifies Groups' privacy settings, to public and private; “secret” Groups are now private and hidden, and “closed” Groups are now private and visible
now it's looking to clean them up Mikael Thalen / The Daily Dot : You can no longer label your Facebook groups as ‘secret’ Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Facebook's group privacy settings actually make...