Facebook has announced a significant update to allow group admins to change private groups to public groups while maintaining member privacy.
Past posts, comments, and other interactions will only remain visible to the currently existing members, admins, and moderators, and lists will stay hidden from the general public.
Admins also receive a three-day review window to approve or cancel the switch, along with alerts notifying all other admins of the change.
The update will aim to make community discovery easier, with limited exposure to legacy content.
Once a private group goes public, new posts and reactions will be open to anyone-even people without a Facebook account-helping small communities reach wider audiences.
Members are informed of the change and receive notice when it is posted publicly, and a globe icon indicates where the content will be visible.
Groups can go back to private mode later, but only approved members will once again have access to older content and the full membership list.
According to Meta, the update unlocks growth, amplifies engagement, and shields sensitive history within the most long-standing communities.
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