Facebook tries to clean up Groups with new policies

The rules will also remove some of the more potentially harmful groups from Facebooks group recommendations, among other things.

Facebooks existing recidivism policy was meant to prevent people from creating new groups similar to those that were banned for violating its community standards. Now, Facebook says both admins and moderators alike will not be able to create any new groups for a period of time after their group had been banned for a policy violation.

In addition, group members who had any community standards violations in a group will now require post approval for the next 30 days. This could help groups deal with those whose behavior is often flagged, but it could also overwhelm groups with a large number of users.And Facebook says if the admins or moderators then approve a post that violates community standards, the group will be removed.

Facebook will now attempt to identify groups where an admin is not involved and proactively suggest admin roles to members who may be interested. Instead, it built out massive internet infrastructure where content moderation has been an afterthought and a job to be outsourced to the less fortunate.

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