Aug 29, 2023 07:00:00

It is pointed out that Instagram receives advertising expenses from users who advertise illegal content and allows advertising

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Instagram ' allows users to view content posted by users around the world. However, some of the ads displayed on Instagram may contain illegal content such as drugs, guns and counterfeit money. Overseas media 404 Media points out that 'Meta receives money from users who promote illegal content and fails to moderate content.'

Instagram Throttles 404 Media Investigation Into Drug Ads on Instagram, Continues to Let People Advertise Drugs
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404 Media posted on Instagram on August 24, 2023, ``Instagram offers ads about illegal content such as stolen credit cards, counterfeit bills, drugs, and fraud.'' In the post, 404 Media criticized, ``According to Instagram's

terms of service , ads containing such illegal content should not be posted.Instagram is failing in content moderation.''

Instagram then blocked posts by 404 Media in just a few hours. Instagram reports that the reason for the restriction is 'because it doesn't follow the recommended guidelines '.

However, according to 404 Media, Instagram continued to display ads about illegal content even during the posting restrictions. 404 Media said, ``While Meta collects and displays advertising fees from users who promote illegal content on the platform, such as selling illegal drugs, guns, and hacked accounts, there is a failure of content moderation on Instagram. We are restricting posts that criticize.'

Due to 404 Media's objection, Instagram lifted the restriction on posting by 404 Media. However, when the restrictions were lifted, Instagram requested that captions such as 'guns', 'stimulants', 'pills' and 'weapons' in the posts be deleted.

404 Media's Jason Kebler said, 'While we understand how difficult it is to do content moderation at scale, the fact that Instagram has a clear problem with the ad review and approval process is clear. It is,' he criticized. Karan Lara of the Integrity Institute , a community of experts on protection on social media, said, “The review and approval process for ads is less sophisticated than the moderation of regular posts on Instagram. Ads should also go through a proper review process,” he said.