LGBTQ terms on Instagram were mistakenly hidden from teen users. The restrictions were reported by User Mag, which found that teen users searching for content related to dozens of hashtags including ...

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Journalist Taylor Lorenz reported that the platform had restricted LGBTQIA-related hashtags for months under its so-called “sensitive content policy.” Meta, the parent company of Instagram and ...

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and Threads, has been accused of restricting LGBTQ-specific content on its platforms. According to journalist Taylor Lorenz, reporting on her User Mag ...

In spite of its many controversies, Meta and its platforms have generally been good about keeping the most graphic and explicit content away from their users. In late February, though, some users got ...

Meta says it has fixed the error that resulted in restricting LGBTQ+ content in teens' search and explore pages, but it's unclear how long the bug was active. Katelyn ...

Meta’s Instagram has been blocking LGBTQ-related hashtags for months, according to reporting by User Mag. This was done under the company’s “sensitive content” policy as an attempt to restrict ...