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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

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Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.
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    Roughly a week ago Insta started hitting me hard with right-wing memes and creationist bullshit.

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      YouTube is now showing nothing but (tr)ump stuff…I have not looked at dump stuff on YouTube. It’s all positive on him too.

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        Is this on Shorts or actual videos/suggestions?

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      Same. I get ads from all kinds of wackos: zionists, creationists, prosperity gospel, etc. The “sponsored” posts are nonstop disinformation.

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