Facebook to no longer recommend civic, political groups to users globally Democratic Senator Ed Markey called Facebook's groups "breeding groups for hate" and noted they had been venues of planning for the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol Reuters | January 28, 2021 | Updated 08:24 IST On Wednesday Facebook said it would be making this permanent and would expand the policy globally Facebook Inc's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday the company would no longer recommend civic and political groups to users of the platform. The social media company said in October that it was temporarily halting recommendations of political groups for US users in the run-up to the presidential election. On Wednesday Facebook said it would be making this permanent and would expand the policy globally.