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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meta is continuing to overhaul its moderation and content rules. Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted today that Instagram and Threads will start including political content in recommendations.

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's ...

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 ...