LGBTQ terms on Instagram were mistakenly hidden from teen users. The restrictions were reported by User Mag, which found that teen users searching for content related to dozens of hashtags including ...
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Journalist Taylor Lorenz reported that the platform had restricted LGBTQIA-related hashtags for months under its so-called “sensitive content policy.” Meta, the parent company of Instagram and ...
Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and Threads, has been accused of restricting LGBTQ-specific content on its platforms. According to journalist Taylor Lorenz, reporting on her User Mag ...
Teenagers on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won't be able to change their settings without a parent's permission, Meta announced on Tuesday. This means kids using ...
Meta says it has fixed the error that resulted in restricting LGBTQ+ content in teens' search and explore pages, but it's unclear how long the bug was active. Katelyn ...
Meta’s Instagram has been blocking LGBTQ-related hashtags for months, according to reporting by User Mag. This was done under the company’s “sensitive content” policy as an attempt to restrict ...
Meta apologized on Thursday and said it had fixed an "error" that resulted in some Instagram users reporting a flood of violent and graphic content recommended on ...
Instagram recently blocked teen users from viewing the results for numerous LGBTQ+ terms by accident, according to a spokesperson for Meta, the platform's parent company. The restrictions were ...