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Instagram Changes Algorithm After Being Accused Of Censoring Pro-Palestinian Stories

Ian Haworth
Instagram Changes Algorithm After Being Accused Of Censoring Pro-Palestinian Stories
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After being accused of censoring content in favor of the Palestinian narrative during the recent explosion of violence between Israeli military and Hamas terrorists, Instagram announced they would be making changes to their underlying algorithm.

The change involves giving so-called “equal treatment” to both original content and re-shared posts in Instagram’s popular “stories” feature, with the current system having a “bigger impact than expected” on some types of posts, according to the BBC.

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