Meta says it is working quickly to resolve the problem, which has prompted accusations of bias on social media.

Summary

Meta’s Instagram faced criticism after searches for “Democrat” or “Democrats” displayed a “results hidden” message, while “Republican” returned 3.3 million posts.

The issue emerged after Donald Trump’s inauguration, which Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg attended.

Meta attributed the problem to a technical error affecting political hashtags and promised a quick fix.

Critics, however, flagged concerns over perceived political bias, especially as Meta has recently shifted content moderation policies and aligned closer to the Republican administration, including donations to Trump and appointing a Republican as global affairs chief.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Doesn’t apply to Signal.

    It applies to apps with large marketshare, maintained by for profit entities over 7.5 billion euro revenue in the EEA for 3 years or over 75 billion euro marketcap , and ironically it seems like the only apps actually currently doing anything to meaningfully comply with it are tiny, non profit maintained apps.

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      Yeah. So WhatsApp and, umm, Facebook chat. What other apps do people use from huge for profit companies? Maybe Google Meet?