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Instagram lets users illegally sell guns online

Source: The Guardian, June 15, 2022, “Meta banned firearms sales. Why are they still available on Facebook and Instagram?“

Published June 15, 2022
Categorized as Article Tagged community management, guns, violence

Instagram features don’t protect women from online abuse

Source: The Guardian, April 6, 2022, “High-profile women on Instagram face ‘epidemic of misogynist abuse’, study finds“

Published April 6, 2022
Categorized as Article Tagged abuse, community management, women

Instagram promotes itself to teens and children despite knowing it harms the mental health of teens and children

Source: The Guardian, November 18, 2021, US states investigate Instagram for ‘wreaking havoc’ on teens’ mental health

Published November 18, 2021
Categorized as Article Tagged children, mental health, teens

Instagram censors movie poster due to nipple

Source: The Guardian, August 11, 2021, “Instagram apologises after Almodóvar poster censorship row“

Published August 11, 2021
Categorized as Article Tagged Art, Censorship, Film, nipple

Instagram helps spread anti-vaccine messages

Source: The Guardian, Aug 11, 2021, “Facebook shuts accounts in anti-vaccine influencer campaign“

Published August 11, 2021
Categorized as Article Tagged community management, disinformation

Instagram forcing users into posting more video content, even as users protest against a video-focused approach.

Source: The Guardian, August 8, 2021, “Why Instagram’s creatives are angry about its move to video“

Published August 9, 2021
Categorized as Article Tagged Art, community management, photographers

Instagram won’t delete antisemetic posts

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/02/1023819435/antisemitic-posts-are-rarely-removed-by-social-media-companies-a-study-finds

Published August 2, 2021
Categorized as Article Tagged antisemitism

Instagram continues to allow politicians to post violent propaganda, has no policy.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/06/facebook-donald-trump-ruling-oversight-board

Published May 5, 2021
Categorized as Article Tagged politics

Instagram trying to scare users into giving up privacy, allow continued access to track & resell private user data

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/2/22415824/facebook-instagram-notice-ios-apps-free-privacy-tracking

Published May 2, 2021
Categorized as Article Tagged iOS, Privacy

Advocates say kids’ Instagram product would ‘put young users at great risk’

Source: The Guardian, April 15, 2021

Published April 25, 2021
Categorized as Article Tagged abuse, body image, endangering users

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