Tech

Instagram Is Now Cracking Down on “Inappropriate” Content

Instagram has announced it will be cracking down on content it deems “inappropriate” following a number of changes within the Facebook company. The aim is to “manage problematic content across the Facebook family of apps,” saying in a statement that “a sexually suggestive post still appear in Feed if you follow the account that posts it, but this type of content may not appear for the broader community in Explore or hashtag pages.”

This means that anything deemed inappropriate will begin to not appear in the Explore tabs or hashtag pages. The content can range from spam and violence to sexually suggestive material, and while Instagram will still remove content it wants to be banned, the multimedia platform will start to regulate content more heavily and label the content as “low quality.”

Instagram product manager Will Ruben said in a press conference that the platform is being “careful about how we define what’s non-recommendable.” He added that Instagram will take into consideration the behaviour of individual users when deciding which accounts will stop seeing “low quality” content.

Changes, which have been labelled by sceptics as a “shadow ban,” have already started to take place on some users’ accounts.

latest Stories

A NEW DOCUMENTARY WILL FEATURE IRATION STEPPAS

'Ina Vanguard Style,' a documentary about Leeds-based duo Iration Steppas, will be released by...

By Harinder Kaur
3 years ago
INDIA JORDAN AND FINN SHARED CHRISTMAS MIX

'Joy III The World,' a seasonal mix by Finn and India Jordan, has been...

By Harinder Kaur
3 years ago
Fireboy DML’s Hit Track

Ed Sheeran has contributed to a remix of Fireboy DML's single "Peru," which was...

By CHANNEL
3 years ago
Neil Young’s ‘Lost’ 1987 Album ‘Summer Songs’ is a Christmas Surprise for Fans

Summer Songs, a "lost for years, but not forgotten" LP recorded in 1987 but...

By Harinder Kaur
3 years ago