Meta-owned photo sharing platform Instagram is taking some new steps to make “potentially harmful” content less visible in the app. The company has announced that its algorithm will now prioritize content that may contain bullying, hate speech, or incitement of violence. Instagram’s rules already prohibit this type of content in users’ feeds and Stories, and the change is expected to affect borderline posts or content that hasn’t yet reached Instagram’s moderators.
So far, Instagram tries to hide potentially harmful content from public parts of the app like Explore, but that hasn’t changed how it looks to followers of the account that posted the piece of content. latest change made news This means that posts that are similar to previously deleted posts will also be less visible to the posted page’s followers. An Engadget report quoted a spokesperson for Meta as saying that potentially harmful content could eventually be removed if the post breaks its community guidelines.
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The latest change follows an update from 2020 when instagram Started down-ranking accounts that shared false information, which has been fact-checked. However, the latest change is different. This will only affect specific posts and not entire accounts.
In the latest change, the meta-owned platform will also factor in the individual’s reporting history based on how it ranks their posts. “If our systems estimate that you can report a post based on your reporting content history, we will show the post at the bottom of your feed,” the company said in a blog post.
Instagram introduced a new feature earlier this week that allows creators on the platform to charge subscription fees from their followers to get access to exclusive content like Instagram Live and special stories. The company has started a pilot program for the facility in the United States with an impressive 10 people, and will expand the facility after initial tests.
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