Facebook Strengthens Community Policies to Prevent the Spread of Misinformation

Posts by members violating policy must be approved by administrators

[Asia Economy Reporter Jin-gyu Lee] Facebook has strengthened its community policies to prevent the spread of false information.

According to foreign media such as TechCrunch on the 21st, Facebook announced new rules imposing stricter penalties on users who violate community standards, especially within Facebook Groups. This is aimed at stopping the spread of false information on the Facebook platform.

The newly announced rules exclude potentially harmful groups from Facebook's group recommendations. Facebook's existing policy prevented the creation of similar new groups if a group was banned for violating community policies, but this rule only applied to group administrators.

However, now not only group administrators but also members active in the group will be unable to create similar new groups for a certain period if their group is banned due to policy violations. Additionally, all posts by members who violate policies must be approved by the group administrator. If a group administrator approves posts that violate community policies, Facebook will remove the group.

Facebook also plans to require groups to have active moderators in addition to administrators. Sometimes administrators become busy and neglect managing their groups. Facebook will now identify groups without administrator involvement and proactively offer moderator roles to interested members.

Facebook expects these changes to help regulate the indiscriminate flow of information between groups and prevent the rapid spread of misinformation such as spam.