Big news for Facebook Group admins + mods

Facebook to start algorithmically downranking groups with rule-breaking posts.

The more rule-breaking posts Facebook group admins allow to be published,
the greater Facebook will kill your groups reach https://t.co/saWj3GHoqy

— ? Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) March 17, 2021

"Facebook recently concluded that some of its largest civic-based Groups were toxic and was alarmed by their growth, according to internal documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal."https://t.co/HUFfV6R8Ds

— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) March 17, 2021

Facebook is starting to remove recommendations for political/civic groups globally and adding penalties for rule-breaking groups + their members. Latest here: https://t.co/GK2zCHG5m8

— Elizabeth Culliford (@eculliford) March 17, 2021

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: https://t.co/H99a2BHx8Q

— Alexandru Voica ? (@alexvoica) March 17, 2021

THREAD: Today, Facebook announced its new efforts to address the problem of Groups. But its track record on the issue leaves much to be desired.

Over the past year, the Groups feature has been used to organize violence, share bomb making instructions, and recruit militia. https://t.co/x7YGOZ795h pic.twitter.com/4v0K5NcsWi

— Tech Transparency Project (@TTP_updates) March 17, 2021

Some important updates on ongoing work to improve ranking, recommendations and broader enforcement for groups—including informative frictions when attempting to join groups with spotty track records.https://t.co/WKyLGNrCKz pic.twitter.com/RCpA9QUqUA

— David Gillis (@davegillis) March 17, 2021

Facebook is taking some pretty big positive steps on improving Groups here https://t.co/thwn3ORDuR

— Colin Fraser (@colin_fraser) March 17, 2021

Here's a start: "Facebook Inc. announced new rules to better police private and public groups, including harsher punishments for users and group administrators who repeatedly violate the company’s guidelines." https://t.co/2FGSVZrPFC

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 17, 2021

Facebook again tightening rules on Groups, penalties for rule-breakers. It feels like baby steps when it comes to Facebook's evolving policies, but these do offer some pretty decent solutions to continued offenders. Now let's see if they are enforced. https://t.co/t6oO7mjOWL

— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) March 17, 2021

Facebook is cracking down on groups worldwide to slow the spread of political disinformation https://t.co/junU9JtOwI

— CNBC (@CNBC) March 17, 2021