Facebook gets tougher on groups spreading hate speech, misinformation

Social media giant Facebook said it has taken action to curb the spread of harmful content, like hate speech and misinformation on Facebook groups and has made it harder for certain groups to operate or be discovered, whether they’re public or private.

In a blog post dated March 17, Tom Alison, vice president of engineering at the social networking giant, wrote as behaviours evolve on the platform, the company recognises it needs to do more. “This is why we recently removed civic and political groups, as well as newly created groups, from recommendations in the US,” he wrote and added: “While people can still invite friends to these groups or search for them, we have now started to expand these restrictions globally.”