New Facebook tools target misinformation in users’ groups


More than 1.8 billion people per month use Facebook Groups, which allow members to gather around topics ranging from parenting to politics. — Photo by Timothy Hales Bennett on Unsplash

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on March 9 began letting groups automatically reject posts identified as containing false information, taking aim at a part of the massive network that has drawn particular concern from misinformation watchdogs.

More than 1.8 billion people per month use Facebook Groups, which allow members to gather around topics ranging from parenting to politics.

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