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Meta Rolls Out Option to Make Private Facebook Groups Public Without Exposing Past Posts

New posts become visible to anyone, boosting discoverability beyond Facebook.

Overview

  • Admins can initiate the privacy change from a group's settings, with the rollout beginning today.
  • Other admins are notified and have a three-day window to review or cancel the conversion before it takes effect.
  • Content shared while the group was private remains visible only to pre-conversion members as well as admins and moderators.
  • After conversion, only admins and moderators can view the member list, and members receive notifications plus first-post reminders about public visibility.
  • New posts, comments, and reactions become publicly viewable, which could enable search engines to index group content, and groups can later be reverted to private.