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Instagram, Facebook overhaul feeds to hide disturbing content from young users
Gizmodo
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1y ago
Medial
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is making changes to its content filtering system in response to criticism about the harmful effects of their platforms on younger users. The new changes aim to provide safer experiences for teens by limiting their exposure to content related to eating disorders, self-harm, and other inappropriate topics. Meta will remove such content from teenagers' feeds and stories, as well as make it harder for young users to find disturbing content through search and explore features. These adjustments come as Meta faces a lawsuit over allegations of using addictive features to target young users for profit.
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TechCrunch Minute: You're likely seeing less news and politics on Instagram. Here's why
TechCrunch
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1y ago
Medial
Instagram and Threads are reducing the amount of political content that shows up in users' feeds. They will limit the reach of political content from accounts that users do not follow. Meta, the parent company of these platforms, is making efforts to decrease the reach of news and political content across its platforms. Threads will host news content but will not amplify it. Facebook is also blocking news content in Canada due to a dispute over paying publishers for content. The definition of political content on Instagram is broad, encompassing anything related to laws, elections, or social topics.
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Instagram and Threads will soon recommend less political content
Startup News FYI
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1y ago
Medial
Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Threads, announced that it will expand its existing policy to limit the appearance of political content in recommended feeds. The changes will cover Threads and Instagram platforms, allowing users to choose whether they want to see political content or not. The update will only affect content recommended in places like Explore, Reels, in-feed recommendations, and suggested users. Users can still view political content from accounts they follow. The changes will be rolled out over the next few weeks. Facebook is expected to implement similar controls in the future.
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Another Outage? Meta-Owned Facebook & Instagram Down In India
Inc42
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1y ago
Medial
Facebook and Instagram experienced a major outage globally, causing users to face issues with logging in, refreshing feeds, and being logged out unexpectedly. The outage started around 8:45 PM IST and led to the trending hashtag "#instagramdown" on X (formerly Twitter). Users reported disruptions on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, owned by Meta. Troubles were experienced by users in both India and the US.
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How to get around Instagram's new limits on political content
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Instagram has implemented restrictions on political content in users' feeds by default, as part of their recent initiative to limit recommended political content. However, users have the option to turn off these limitations. To do so, open the Instagram app, tap the three-dash menu, go to settings and privacy, select content preferences, and enable the "Don't limit" option in the Political content menu. This will allow political posts from accounts you don't follow to appear in your feed. Some users have criticized these restrictions during election seasons.
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Meta to label AI-generated, deepfake content as ‘altered’ as election approaches
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Global social media conglomerate Meta has announced that it will empower fact-checkers to label content generated with artificial intelligence (AI) or deepfake technology as "altered" on its platforms, Facebook and Instagram. The labeled content will appear lower on users' feeds, and its distribution will be reduced. Additionally, Meta will label AI-generated images from various sources and establish an Elections Operations Centre for country-specific mitigation strategies. The move aims to tackle the misuse of deepfakes and AI-generated content, following concerns raised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about their potential harm and spread of misinformation.
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Meta’s new opt-out setting limits visibility of politics on Instagram and Threads
The Verge
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1y ago
Medial
Meta has added an opt-out setting to Instagram and Threads, allowing users to limit recommendations of political content. The "Limit political content from people you don't follow" setting is enabled by default and applies to both apps. The change, aimed at giving users more control, doesn't limit the reach of political content from accounts users choose to follow. The setting began rolling out last week but hasn't been widely notified to users. Meta's decision is based on the belief that most users don't want politics in their feeds due to the associated negative aspects.
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Meta's Facebook, Instagram face global outage, users unable to login
IndianStartupNews
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1y ago
Medial
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday, impacting users globally. The disruption caused users to be unexpectedly logged out of their accounts and prevented them from logging back in. Users encountered issues such as inability to refresh pages or post new content on Instagram, and complete shutdown of the Threads app. Over 300,000 complaints were recorded for Facebook and more than 20,000 for Instagram on Downdetector.com. Despite the significant impact on users, Meta has not yet acknowledged the outage or provided an explanation.
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Instagram and Facebook will stop treating teens like adults
Livemint
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1y ago
Medial
Meta Platforms plans to introduce automatic restrictions on harmful content for teenage users on Instagram and Facebook. Teen accounts will be placed in the most restrictive content settings, with restrictions on self-harm, graphic violence, and eating disorder-related posts. The move comes as Meta faces lawsuits from over 40 states, accusing the tech company of misleading the public about the risks associated with its platforms for young users. The changes will be applied automatically to existing teen accounts and newly created ones. The company will also direct teens to expert resources when searching for terms related to suicide and self-harm.
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Meta to start labeling AI-generated content in May
Economic Times
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1y ago
Medial
Social media giant Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has announced that it will start labeling AI-generated media from May 2024. This move is aimed at addressing concerns regarding deepfakes and reassuring users and governments about the potential risks. Instead of removing manipulated images and audio, Meta will rely on labeling and contextualization to provide transparency and additional context. The decision comes following criticism from Meta's oversight board, which called for an overhaul of the company's approach to manipulated media. The new labeling techniques will also cover a broader range of content beyond manipulated media.
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Bluesky starts letting users pick their own moderation filters
The Verge
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1y ago
Medial
Bluesky is open-sourcing its moderation tool, Ozone, which allows users to personalize their content moderation on the social platform. Users can subscribe to additional moderation services that hide or annotate certain types of posts, expanding the platform's existing set of rules. For example, users could create a moderation service to block images of spiders and remove them from their feeds. By allowing the customization of moderation services, Bluesky aims to give users more control over their online communities. The Ozone tool is now open-source, and the ability to enable moderation tools will be available later this week.
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