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It has been known for some time that Meta wants to avoid the political arena after the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal during the 2016 US presidential election, which tarnished Mark Zuckerberg’s reputation. But a recent change of policy shows the corporation has gone further than ever in its sanitisation of Instagram. Users have seemingly been automatically opted out of receiving political content from the algorithm ,and will need to opt in every time they open the app. This certainly looks odd on the day before the first Biden-Trump debate of the election.
NEW: One day before the first presidential debate, Instagram has reset all users settings to opt-out of political content.
Every time a user exits the app, they will have to go back into settings to opt-in to remove the political content limits.https://t.co/rZiMH7rl4h
— Kyle Tharp (@kylewilsontharp) June 26, 2024
A Meta spokesperson responded to the FWIW (For What It’s Worth) report by saying: “This was an error and should not have happened. We’re working on getting it fixed.” Best stay on the free-for-all app formerly known as Twitter for your political fix…
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