Instagram Blocked LGBTQ Hashtags, Categorizing Them as ‘Sexually Suggestive Content’

Advertisers say Meta's content-moderation changes make them uneasy. They won't stop spending.

Meta execs Joel Kaplan and Mark Zuckerberg have outlined a new, looser approach to content moderation.Getty ImagesSome advertisers are expressing concerns about Meta's commitment to brand safety.Meta this week unveiled a new approach to content moderation, removing third-party fact-checkers.Many ad industry insiders doubt it'll lead to major spending shifts, however.Meta's new plan to shake up its content-moderation policies has some advertisers…

Meta criticised over ‘chilling’ content moderation changes

The social media giant has announced it is ending third-party fact-checking and loosening its content moderation systems.

Meta Drops Rules Protecting L.G.B.T.Q. Community as Part of Content Moderation Overhaul

For years, social media companies made it a top priority to combat hate speech. But in recent months, they have waffled over how to tackle hateful online commentary, particularly when it is directed at L.G.B.T.Q. communities. Meta on Tuesday said it would drop some of its rules protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people. The changes included allowing users to share “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given…

Saying Its Content Moderation Has 'Gone Too Far,' Meta Now Set to Become Hotbed of Transphobia and Conspiracies

In a shift akin to what Elon Musk has done with the platform we still call Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads will soon be more of a free-for-all when it comes to homophobia, transphobia, and misinformation, with "community notes" inserted when facts are questioned.The depressing rightward shift of Silicon Valley continues this week as formerly liberal-minded Mark Zuckerberg again capitulates to Trumpworld. Facebook, the platform that de-…

Instagram blocked LGBTQ+ content by accident, Meta claims

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 reported by User Mag, which found that teen users searching for content related to dozens of hashtags including #lesbian, #bisexual, #gay, #trans, #queer, #nonbinary, #Tgirlsarebeautiful, and #lesbianpride were instead shown a blank page with a message dir…