Meta’s reliance on automation for content moderation is a significant factor in the erroneous enforcement of its policies, which has resulted in the removal of non-violative content in support of Palestine on Instagram and Facebook.
Political spendingConfirmed
Parent company of Facebook and Instagram donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram donated $1 million to the inaugural fund of President-Elect Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The parent company of Facebook and Instagram confirmed it donated $1 million to the inaugural fund of President-Elect Donald Trump.
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram confirmed it donated $1 million to the inaugural fund of President-Elect Donald Trump.
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Instagram is accused of censoring Palestinian posts
A former Meta engineer accused Instagram of censoring Palestinian Instagram posts in a lawsuit also alleging wrongful termination and discrimination.
A former Meta engineer accused the owner of Facebook and Instagram of censoring Palestinian Instagram posts in a lawsuit that also accuses the company of wrongful termination and discrimination.
Speech & moderationConfirmed
Instagram removed abortion pill posts
Instagram removed posts from users mentioning abortion pills.
In the days and weeks after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022, several abortion rights groups had their Instagram and TikTok posts removed or accounts suspended, while Instagram and Facebook deleted the posts of users who mentioned abortion pills.
Speech & moderationConfirmed
Instagram fails to curb hate speech against women politicians
Instagram's CSO report documents the platform's failure to moderate hate speech directed at women politicians.
Meta has come under fire in recent days from social media users startled to discover they’ve been automatically enrolled in a relatively new setting that reduces “political content” on Instagram and Threads, with the company being accused of censorship amid an important global election year.
Speech & moderationConfirmed
Instagram removed reposted Arabic health report
Instagram removed reposting of an Arabic news account's report on Gaza hospital evacuations.
Human Rights Watch documented the DOI policy being invoked to censor “social and political discourse” around the hostilities, including reporting, neutral discussion, and condemnation of “dangerous” organizations—the type of content the revised DOI policy purports to permit.[110] In one instance, Instagram removed reposting of content from an Arabic language account from the Turkish news broadcast (TRT Arabi) that included a statement in Arabic from the Ministry of Health in Gaza that Israeli forces had ordered the Rantisi hospital for children to evacuate before they bombed it.
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Instagram is accused of suspending Palestinian accounts
Instagram is accused of suspending or permanently disabling accounts of Palestinian content creators, journalists, and activists.
Instagram users allege that posts and accounts have been suspended or banned due to their pro-Palestinian content in the wake of Israel's intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Other accounts, including the Instagram account of Let’s Talk Palestine, which posts educational content about Palestine, reported being temporarily suspended.[85] Meta said, “These accounts were initially locked for security reasons after signs of compromise, and we’re working to make contact with the account owners to make sure they have access.” The Palestine-based Quds News Network reported that its Facebook page was permanently deleted[86] and that its Instagram account was suspended.[87] Mondoweiss correspondent Leila Warah, who is based in the West Bank, reported in October that Instagram suspended her account.
Instagram and Facebook have in several instances since October 7 suspended or permanently disabled the accounts of prominent Palestinian content creators, independent Palestinian journalists, and Palestinian activists.
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Instagram is accused of blocked searches
Instagram is accused of blocking searches for #democrats and other political hashtags.
Outraged users took to X to express shock on Friday, accusing Instagram of actively censoring and suppressing political discussion in a year already rife with political tensions.
