Facebook on Thursday announced several new features for groups, including new ways the service will recommend public groups to users.
, the company rolled out a new policy that bans groups focused on militias or that support violent acts.
"All of the work that we do around integrity of recommendations and preventing misinformation or other types of content that we don't want to recommend are going to apply to these new features," Alison told CNBC.Other updates to Facebook groupsBrands can sponsor groups. To aid these users, Facebook announced Admin Assist, which helps group moderators and admins automate certain functions. For instance, admins can set rules such as preventing posts with specific keywords or setting a minimum amount of time for how long someone has been a part of a group before they are allowed to post.
Facebook users will now be allowed to change the user names and profile pictures for the various groups they are a part of.Another significant feature announced on Thursday is that Facebook users will now be allowed to change their user names and profile pictures for the various groups they are a part of. This means that a user can have a name different from that of their Facebook profile whenever they post within specific groups.
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