Instagram moves to limit political content

Instagram has announced a policy to restrict political content, and users will need to turn off restrictions in the app’s settings.

Users of the popular social media platform currently have to go into the settings under “.[c]Click “Content Settings” and click “[p]If you select “Political content” and do not select the “Restrict political content from people you don’t follow” option, Instagram will limit political content from people you don’t follow by default. To do.

Instagram announced in February that it would no longer actively promote political content.

“We want Instagram and Threads to be great experiences for everyone,” says an Instagram post blog From last month’s reading. “If you decide to follow an account that posts political content, we don’t want to get between you and that posting, but we do We also don’t want to actively encourage it.”

“As such, we are extending our existing approach to how we handle political content. We will not actively recommend political content on Instagram or in our recommendation screens across threads,” Instagram’s blog post continues. ing. “If you still want to recommend these posts, you can control whether you see them.”

In a post on Threads over a month ago, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said: Said The mission of the policy change is to “preserve people’s ability to choose to interact with political content while respecting each person’s desire for political content.”

The Hill reached out to Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Threads.