Threads and Instagram will recommend political content

Meta Is Making Instagram Political Again
In a post on (where else?) Threads, Mosseri said the company will be shifting away from its opt-in requirement for users to see political content. Instead, political content will be recommended by default, and users will have the ability to adjust the fire hose with three different settings options: less, standard, and more.
Meta: We're Bringing Back Political Content on Instagram and Threads, Too
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri argued that having political content on Threads comes with too many 'integrity risks.' But Meta's recent push to 'restore free expression' changes all that.
Meta to phase back in political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
As part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to limiting political content
Instagram blocked LGBTQ+ content by accident, Meta claims
Instagram recently blocked teen users from viewing the results for numerous LGBTQ+ terms by accident, according to a spokesperson for Meta, the platform's parent company. The restrictions were reported by User Mag,
Threads, Instagram now full of political content with Meta’s new move
Users of Threads and Instagram will no longer be able to avoid seeing political content from accounts they don’t follow.As per BBC, Meta claims this change is part of its shift towards promoting “free expression.
Politics pushed on all Instagram and Threads users
Threads and Instagram users will no longer be able to opt out of being shown political content from people they do not follow, parent company Meta has announced. The firm says its part of its reorientation towards "free expression" - a move that saw it ditch fact checkers on Tuesday.
Threads and Instagram are for politics now, says Adam Mosseri
Under Meta’s ‘More Speech and Fewer Mistakes’ moderation overhaul, the Instagram boss says their default settings will reset to enable recommendations of political content from people you don’t follow.
Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking
Google searches for how to cancel and delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts have seen explosive rises in the U.S.
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Meta breaks up with fact-checkers. Here’s how it affects PolitiFact.
Column by PolitiFact Editor-in-Chief Katie Sanders: As I weigh Meta’s decision to break up with American fact-checkers, I keep returning to this: The censorious fact-checking program Meta described is ...
Meta abandons fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of Community Notes
Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are ditching third-party fact-checkers in favor of a Community Notes program inspired by X, ...
Meta cites political bias in move to suspend fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram
Reversing a policy enacted following the 2016 presidential election, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to cancel third ...
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Meta Removes Fact-Checking From Facebook and Instagram, Shifts to Community Notes
Meta will soon remove its fact-checking systems from Facebook and Instagram and replace them instead with Community Notes ...
Meta to Drop Fact-Checking Program Because It’s ‘Too Politically Biased,’ Adds Community Notes on Facebook and Instagram
Meta is replacing its fact-checking systems on Facebook and Instagram with a "community notes" model similar to Elon Musk's X ...
Meta ends fact-checking program as Zuckerberg vows to restore free expression on Facebook, Instagram
Meta is ending its fact-checking program and lifting restrictions on speech to “restore free expression" across Facebook, ...
Australia Frets Over Meta Halt To US Fact-checking
Australia is deeply concerned by Meta's decision to scrap US fact-check operations on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, a ...