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Users shocked to find Instagram limits political content by default (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 71 points 8 months ago

Personally I wouldn't be affected by this since it only affects recommendations, but the issue is that Meta gets to decide what is "political".

Nearly everything has a political component to it, and this can be an excuse for hiding content that the company doesn't want as many people to see. Activism for example is "political".

Having the option to set the flag would be nice for those who want a filtered feed. I'm just suspicious I guess ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯