Private groups can be important places for people to come together and share around a range of personal topics, like identifying as LGBTQ or discussing challenges around a rare health condition.
But being in a private group doesn’t mean that your actions should go unchecked. We have a responsibility to keep Facebook safe, which is why our Community Standards apply across Facebook, including in private groups. To enforce these policies, we use a combination of people and technology — content reviewers and proactive detection. Over the last few years, we’ve invested heavily in both, including hiring more than 30,000 people across our safety and security teams.
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