Facebook is simplifying group privacy settings and adding admin tools for safety
Facebook announced today that it’s updating its group privacy settings and working to better moderate bad content breaking the platform’s rules. The platform is renaming its confusing public, closed, and secret group settings to the slightly more straightforward public and private settings, with the option to make private groups visible or hidden to non-members. The new settings will also provide more control for admins and members, giving admins more moderation tools and members the option to see the group’s history and preview its content before accepting or declining an invitation.
The new group settings are also part of the Safe Communities Initiative that the company started two years ago, in an effort to monitor and detect bad...