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Meta blocked teens from seeing LGBTQ+ content on Instagram

Instagram is in hot water for blocking LGBTQ+ content

Journalist Taylor Lorenz reported that the platform had restricted LGBTQIA-related hashtags for months under its so-called “sensitive content policy.”

CNET on MSN · 21h

LGBTQ+ Posts on Instagram Were 'Mistakenly Restricted' for Teens: What to Know

An error in Instagram's sensitive content filter has been restricting LGBTQ+ content from those using a number of broad search terms and hashtags. Anyone with sensitive content control turned on was limited from seeing LGBTQ+ posts and videos -- including all teenagers on the platform, for whom Instagram automatically turns on this setting.

AV Club · 1d

Instagram "mistakenly" restricted LGBTQ+ content from teens for months

If you’re a teen and had any sort of hunch that certain topics were being blocked from your Instagram feed, you were probably onto something. In a new report for User Mag, Taylor Lorenz writes that Meta has apparently been restricting LGBTQ+ content from its search and discovery pages for months now.

Yahoo · 1d

Meta blocked teens from seeing LGBTQ+ content on Instagram: report

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, is under fire for its treatment of LGBTQ+ users after journalist Taylor Lorenz revealed that the platform had restricted LGBTQ-related hashtags for months. The issue,

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ABC · 2h

Facebook, Instagram dump fact-checkers citing election as 'cultural tipping point'

Facebook plans to replace its fact checkers with "Community Notes," a move that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said would allow the social network to return "to our roots around free expression."

The Verge on MSN · 2h

Meta abandons fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of Community Notes

Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are ditching third-party fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes program after seeing “this approach work on X,” according to an announcement penned by Meta’s new Trump-friendly policy chief Joe Kaplan. Meta is also moving its trust and safety teams from California to Texas.

U.S. News & World Report · 5h

Meta Replaces Fact-Checking With X-Style Community Notes

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s so

Instagram forced to issue statement

People on MSN · 2h

Meghan Markle's New Instagram: Who's Following from the Royal Family?

The Duchess of Sussex is "excited" to make her Instagram return after almost five years offline Meghan Markle is back on Instagram for the first time in years, and her comeback is already being embraced by many of her closest friends and supporters,

Daily Express on MSN · 5h

Instagram forced to apologise to Meghan Markle after her content was restricted

Instagram has rushed to apologise and correct a glaring error following Meghan Markle's return to Instagram earlier in the New Year. In order to promote her new Netflix show, The Duchess of Sussex had shared her trailer on her social media page but suffered a serious setback after Instagram mistakenly restricted searches for the hashtag #WithLoveMeghan.

GB News on MSN · 10h

Instagram forced to issue statement after making Meghan Markle blunder

Instagram was forced to issue a statement after a blunder as Meghan Markle fans complained. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, suffered a setback after Instagram mistakenly restricted searches for the hashtag #WithLoveMeghan,

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You May See an AI Version of Yourself as an Instagram Post: Here's How to Turn It Off

The Meta post said, "And we're testing new Meta AI-generated content in your Facebook and Instagram feeds, so you may see ...

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Meta Ends Fact-Checking on Facebook, Instagram in Free-Speech Pitch

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has been building ties with the incoming Trump administration, said the move was an attempt to ...

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Meta to phase back in political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads

As part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to ...

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Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers

Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style "community ...

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Mark Zuckerberg takes a cue from Elon Musk: Facebook and Instagram will ditch fact checking and instead rely on community notes

The Meta CEO announced changes to content moderation just in time for a familiar, incoming presidential administration.

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Elon Musk applauds Zuckerberg's move ending fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram

Elon Musk praised Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg's move to end fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, following Musk's ...

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Meta Says It's Ending Fact-Checking on Facebook and Instagram — Here's What That Means

Less than two weeks before the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, Meta is moving away from its third-party ...

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Influencer Killadamente, who boasted 6M followers on Instagram, dead at 27

Influencer Carol Acosta, known on social media as Killadamente, has died at age 27. Acosta’s death was confirmed by her ...

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