Facebook cracking down harder on fake Pages and Groups

Facebook cracking downwardly harder on faux Pages and Groups

Pages and Groups volition be shut down if they were even affiliated with previous Community Standards offenders

Facebook has appear stricter rules surrounding fake Pages and Groups on its platform.

Specifically, Facebook says it volition now remove Pages, Groups, events or accounts that appear to be affiliated to those that have already violated its Customs Standards. Facebook notes that these other parties will exist removed even if they "[have] not met the threshold to be unpublished on its own."

This is to prevent offenders from working effectually Facebook enforcement by using other Pages or Groups, including those that already exist, co-ordinate to the visitor. Facebook says it volition reinforce this updated policy by looking at "a broad set up of information, including whether the Folio has the same people administering it, or has a similar name, to one we're removing."

To aid users stay on top of content they've posted that could violate Facebook rules, the social media behemothic says it has besides added new tools for Page and Group managers 'Page Quality' tab.

In this section, Page owners will get an overview of all their content that has violated Community Standards. The first section of this tab looks at content recently removed for violating these rules, while the second section notes content recently rated 'False,' 'Mixture' or 'False Headline' by third-political party fact-checkers. Facebook says this tab is meant to requite users a better thought of their behaviour, although it'south non intended to be comprehensive.

For instance, Facebook says it won't provide breakdowns of content taken down for reasons related to "spam, clickbait, or IP violations."

Source: Facebook