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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 ...
Instagram users will be seeing a lot less political content on their feeds — if that's what they want.. The Meta-owned social media company announced that political content will be automatically ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts. Our tech columnist investigates how Meta’s Instagram, Facebook and Threads suppress content related to the election.
Instagram changes arrive as federal bill stalls. Meta’s push comes as Congress dithers on passing the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, a bill that would require social media companies to do more ...
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 ...