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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

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Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.
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    My wife just checked. Its now showing some pretty heinous things on the demo crat side…I dont think prior to the election that would have been tolerated. They definitely changed the “algorithm”.

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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      Roughly a week ago Insta started hitting me hard with right-wing memes and creationist bullshit.

  • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.ee
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    Free speech my ass.

    Thankfully the fediverse is tolerant of people with descenting opinions.

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      👀

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    “Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.”

    It’s not just democrat

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    Oligarchs control the network for their benefit. Free and open souce alternatives are the only option.

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    What if it’s a bug? Maybe they didn’t block it intentionally.

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      Even if it was, the timing is odd isn’t it ? I don’t recall hearing about „bugs“ like this before.

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