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Instagram’s Sneaky Move to Limit Political Content Outrages Users

RED PILL, BLUE PILL

The platform took users by surprise as it never directly notified account-holders of the change.

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Instagram users were blindsided by the platform’s sneaky rollout of a new content-filtering tool limiting political content—a setting the social-media giant made default for many accounts without ever directly informing users.

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