Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.
“Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.”
Interesting. The screenshots shared with me by a friend:
Given the corporate media sane-washing and general kissing of the ring, I choose to believe what has been shared with me directly over the “actchually, it was an awkward gesture of exuberance” milquetoast media.
Especially when the list looks like this:
Hastags that have also apparently been blocked from user experiences. Will keep updating. Range is worldwide.
“Instagram blocked searches related to a number of political hashtags, including #democrats, #democrat, #jan6th, #republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday.”
It’s not just democrat
Interesting. The screenshots shared with me by a friend:
Given the corporate media sane-washing and general kissing of the ring, I choose to believe what has been shared with me directly over the “actchually, it was an awkward gesture of exuberance” milquetoast media.
Especially when the list looks like this:
That is not a “glitch.”
It was. Searching republican yielded results, searching democrat yielded a sensitive content warning and no results. They “fixed” it later.
Adding republicans to the title would get less clicks though.
Sadly, yes. It’s important to know your audience.