In its Feb. 9 blog post, Instagram told users it would be building on its previous political content policy by rolling out new limits on how political stories are filtered out of users' feeds via ...

The change meant that content that Meta decides is political will not be recommended in Instagram on Threads, in places such as Reels or its “Explore” page, both of which can serve as key ways ...

As part of the shift, Instagram also opted everyone into a new setting to have it recommend less political content from accounts you don’t follow. It did not alert users to this inside the ...

It’s been nearly a year since Instagram and Threads defaulted to blocking recommendations of “political” content from accounts you don’t already follow, but now Instagram boss Adam Mosseri ...

Meta is reversing its stance on political content recommendations across Instagram and Threads, a significant policy shift announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Nearly a year after restricting ...

Zuckerberg, in the year leading up to the 2020 election, said he was “very focused on election security“; the company changed its rules around political ads, making it so American political ...

Technology Exploiting Meta’s Weaknesses, Deceptive Political Ads Thrived on Facebook and Instagram in Run-Up to Election Despite Meta's stated commitment to crack down on harmful content, it ...

Campaigns are using social media influencers as a way to reach young and diverse voters, a novel and mostly unregulated strategy. Some are even spreading the message through dating apps. By ...

Facebook CEO says people should "make their own judgments" on political ads 04:48. The change involves what Facebook calls "branded content" — sponsored items posted by ordinary users who are ...