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.

    • superkret@feddit.org
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      19 hours ago

      Just travelled through Chile. All bus schedules in the south are exclusively on Facebook and Instagram, and literally the only way to book a ticket is Whatsapp.
      I wish I was exaggerating.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      I currently work for a company that does contractual support for some meta products. I’ll be doing my part to slow work there until I move

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
      17·
      22 hours ago

      And block or (better) poison all their trackers. Just because you’re not using a Meta product doesn’t mean they’re not spying on you.

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
      14·
      22 hours ago

      Haven’t logged into my facebook since covid. Don’t have Instagram, WhatsApp or other social media crap. Lemmy (sometimes reddit, I have to admit) and Discord are the only “social networks” (I hate this term, it should be para-social network) I use.