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Meta Lets Private Facebook Groups Go Public Without Exposing Old Posts

The rollout gives communities a path to expand reach without resurfacing historical discussions.

Overview

  • Admins can initiate the privacy change from a group's settings, with the update rolling out globally as of November 3.
  • All posts, comments, and reactions created before conversion remain visible only to pre-change members, admins, and moderators.
  • After a group goes public, only admins and moderators can view the member list to protect participant privacy.
  • Other admins are notified of a proposed change and have a three-day window to review and cancel before it takes effect.
  • New content in the public group is visible to anyone and may be indexed by search engines, and admins can revert the group to private.