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Meta Is Making Instagram Political Again
In a post on (where else?) Threads, Mosseri said the company will be shifting away from its opt-in requirement for users to see political content. Instead, political content will be recommended by default, and users will have the ability to adjust the fire hose with three different settings options: less, standard, and more.
Meta: We're Bringing Back Political Content on Instagram and Threads, Too
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri argued that having political content on Threads comes with too many 'integrity risks.' But Meta's recent push to 'restore free expression' changes all that.
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,
Massive Pokemon YouTuber slams Meta after Instagram user gets away with stealing content
Popular Pokemon TCG YouTuber Deep Pocket Monster called out Instagram and parent company Meta after they opted not to take action against a user who was stealing his content. In a post on Twitter/X, Deep Pocket Monster,
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 limiting political content
Politics content to be pushed on all Instagram and Threads users
Threads and Instagram users will no longer be able to opt out of being shown political content from people they do not follow, parent company Meta has announced. The firm says its part of its reorientation towards "free expression" - a move that saw it ditch fact checkers on Tuesday.

Meta and Amazon ax diversity programs

Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram on the rise after Meta ends fact-checking
Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S.
Meta ends fact-checking program as Zuckerberg vows to restore free expression on Facebook, Instagram
Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to “restore free expression" across Facebook, ...
Where to find Meta AI in Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram—and what you can do with it
You’ll find Meta AI front and center in Meta’s apps: In the Facebook Messenger app, for example, tap Chats and you’ll see a ...
Meta cites political bias in move to suspend fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram
Reversing a policy enacted following the 2016 presidential election, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to cancel third ...
Meta & Amazon reverse course, roll back diversity programs
A significant reversal from two of the biggest companies in the world. Instagram & Facebook's parent company Meta and Amazon now both rolling back their diversity and inclusion initiatives. NBC News’ ...
Latin American Fact-Checkers Brace for Meta's Next Moves
So far Meta has only abandoned fact-checking in the US. If and when it expands, the move will be a major blow to the Latin ...
What Meta’s move to community moderation could mean for misinformation
Analysis - Meta has announced it will discontinue its third-party fact-checking programmes, but what will that mean?
Flashback: Meta’s ‘history of censorship,’ fact-checking woes under the Trump, Biden administrations
Following censorship of elected officials and pandemic opinions, experts are cautiously optimistic that Mark Zuckerberg will foster free speech within Meta.