Instagram changed algorithm, protested internally that 'censored parent Palestinian content'



In May 2021, the Palestinian expulsion movement in East Jerusalem and the attack on the Gaza Strip were carried out as part of the

Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Palestinian problem), which is also called 'the most uncontrollable conflict in the world'. .. When the dispute arose, Facebook employees complained that Palestinian-friendly content was censored on Instagram, which will change the service's algorithm.

Instagram making changes to its algorithm after it was accused of censoring pro-Palestinian content --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/30/22460946/instagram-making-changes-algorithm-censoring-pro-palestinian-content



Instagram, a photo sharing SNS owned by Facebook, has an automatic moderation function. There have been protests from within Facebook for the removal of some censored content (such as posts about the Al-Aqsa Mosque ) by this automatic moderation feature. Employees who protested did not think that censorship was intentional, but thought that 'this kind of censorship would bias groups left out of society.' , I want to improve the automatic moderation function.

When foreign media The Verge contacted Facebook, the company revealed that it had changed the algorithm of Instagram's automatic moderation function in response to employee protests. It also announced that it has been modified to correctly display previously censored posts that users may be most interested in.



SNS such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have received various criticisms about how to handle content related to the Palestinian issue. In early May 2021, Twitter restricted Palestinian writers' accounts, but the company later apologized for the action being 'wrong.'

Instagram was also accused of censoring content about 'Israeli attacks on residents and activists.' In response to this criticism, Instagram's Adam Mosseri tweeted that 'a technical bug has occurred that affects the stories, highlights, and archives of millions of people around the world,' partly due to the bug. Claims that the content has been 'accidentally censored'.



An Instagram spokeswoman told The Verge, 'Since many users are interested in the original posts posted by close friends, we will automatically moderate the posts with the original. We have changed the algorithm of the relation function. ' In addition, an Instagram spokeswoman said, 'We are looking at ways to introduce new tools to focus users on the original posts.'

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