Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags
Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags
Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.
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".
Roughly a week ago Insta started hitting me hard with right-wing memes and creationist bullshit.
Yeah the unspecified "issue" is probably that the blocklist was not a shadow ban but blatantly obvious. They probably only unblocked direct searches for these keywords. Wanna bet posts containing any of the listed keywords are still either removed from all other feeds or at least deranked in the great algoritm?
Oligarchs control the network for their benefit. Free and open souce alternatives are the only option.
Free speech my ass.
Thankfully the fediverse is tolerant of people with descenting opinions.
Hahaha, the Fediverse has very little tolerance for “wrong” opinions. As if opinions can even be wrong
Also, the obligatory: *dissenting (sorry)
In my opinion, you're a worthless blight on humanity we're better off without.
But that can't be wrong, can it? It's an opinion, and my right to it is also the same thing as a right to be correct.
Opinions are often based on premises or observations or claimed facts, which are sometimes very objectively wrong.
I get what you're complaining about but the 'sanctity of opinion' isn't a strong argument.
tolerant
Really? Try making a post supporting conservatism or attacking socialism and see how that goes for you. Most likely it'll get down voted to oblivion, and in many communities mods will remove it. And it doesn't really matter if it's a high quality post either with tons of scholarly sources and whatnot.
The Fediverse is tolerant of leftists and progressives, and a bit less tolerant of libertarians. If there's any hint of conservatism or centrism, the veneer of tolerance disappears.
I don't know the solution here, but I think allowing users to choose their moderation is a piece of it.
They can start their own instance. Away from ours. No need to tolerate intolerance. We don't need that shit here. Just because its open does not mean we want right wingers to wipe their shit on the walls. They can start their own instance in the fediverse and wipe shit on the walls there in their own little community. 🤷
I guess the solution is for people with conservative values to stop associating so freely with subjugation addicts? Once conservative identity is dissociated from a wide spectrum of racist and classist bullshit, not to mention that we are entering an extinction level event of our own doing, then maybe the guilt by association will go away.
I really should have added a /s lol. I have experienced what ur talking about first hand but then again I don't fucking give 2 shits if I get downvotes.
I banned from the news communities so I made my own [email protected] with blackjack and AI summary hookers. And a moderation policy that's chill AF allowing real discussion.
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Free speech my ass.
That's not what free speech is. Freedom of speech prevents the government stopping you speaking, not private organizations.
the fediverse is tolerant
LOL no, it isn't.
descenting opinions.
I'm picturing descending opinions. Ones that start off alright, but just keep on getting worse the more you think about them...lol
"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
Interesting. The screenshots shared with me by a friend:
Given the corporate media sane-washing and general kissing of the ring, I choose to believe what has been shared with me directly over the "actchually, it was an awkward gesture of exuberance" milquetoast media.
Especially when the list looks like this:
Hastags that have also apparently been blocked from user experiences. Will keep updating. Range is worldwide.
"#berniesanders"
"#queer"
"#obama"
"#voteblue" (#votered remains unaffected)
"#dnc" (#rnc remains unaffected)
"#fucktrump" (#fuckbiden remains unaffected)
"#democrat" (#republican remains unaffected)
"#kamala"
"#prochoice"
"#constitution"
"#reproductiverights"
"#jan6th"
"#insurrection"
"#14thamendment "
"#republicans" (with an s)
"#fascism"
"#liberal"
"#rightwing"
“#georgeconway”
“#domesticterrorist”
“#jacksmith”
“#drumpf”
“#johnoliver”
That is not a "glitch."
Here, I took this just now: https://i.imgur.com/GoBOPwG.jpeg
Amazing. /s
The ban list seems a little bit incosistent, but is really obvious on where the bias goes. Not that Instagram were good ever.
It’s not just democrat
It was. Searching republican yielded results, searching democrat yielded a sensitive content warning and no results. They "fixed" it later.
Adding republicans to the title would get less clicks though.
Sadly, yes. It's important to know your audience.
What if it's a bug? Maybe they didn't block it intentionally.
Even if it was, the timing is odd isn’t it ? I don’t recall hearing about „bugs“ like this before.
