Don’t CW this.

Kat O’Brien

@blag @chris I got the exact opposite! Also in Spain.

CautionWIP (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦🕎

@chris Not arguing, just trying to get some clarification, I’m getting some conflicting reports from Canadian/UK users. Do you know if your wife was on a VPN at the time, or was she exiting a US endpoint?

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ETA - never mind. If there was a difference it was only a matter of rollout.

Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats'

Meta says it is working quickly to resolve the problem, which has prompted accusations of bias on social media.

BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

annaf

@chris I can see results for both hashtags in the UK

MarkS

@chris

I thought that sounded crazy, and then I looked for the #Democrat tag on Instagram. It's been completely suppressed.

If you look for the #Republican tag, you'll see several thousand entries.

Try it for yourself. https://www.instagram.com/explore/search/

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@annaf I would recommend checking with others. There seems to be more people reporting that it is working properly now. But still lots with the same problem. So it may be evolving.

Christopher Griffiths

@chris It just goes to show how little anyone should trust Meta.

I was hanging out with my partner’s daughter yesterday. She spent a bit of time flicking through reels and I was dismayed that several were pretty anti-trans coded. I had a chat with my partner, who said she noticed the same thing and was trying to encourage her daughter to reset her algorithm. I both fear the rabbit hole ahead if she doesn’t and the likelihood she’ll just keep seeing that kind of shit even if she does.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@Caution thank you for the BBC article! That is the first media report I have seen confirming.

Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats'

Meta says it is working quickly to resolve the problem, which has prompted accusations of bias on social media.

(www.bbc.com)

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@markstahl I can’t without an account.

PeggyD

@chris
I just tried this in the US and it didn’t happen. Maybe they stopped it when they realized that people noticed?

Nik (Nicholas) John

@chris @cjgyt And in Israel

Flyin’ Toaster

@chris I’m in the U.S. I have the same result you describe. “Republican(s)” returns multiple results. “Democrat” only returns a hashtag for “démocratie.” “Democrats” returns nothing.

Katt

@chris I'm in the US and saw this today on IG, checked for myself and it is true for me. However when I click on republican, I get videos trashing them if that helps. But I'm making the switch to Mastodon, trying to learn it, Bluesky and I am done with those apps!

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@glassjellyfish @martinvermeer @sinabhfuil if you don't want to see it that bad, then block me.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@PeggyDMinimalista there appears to have been a change. note the BBC article I updated my post with. Unclear whether this was purely a technical glitxh, but it remains extremely sus.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@katt1010 thanks for checking!

Jason Bouwmeester :mstdnca:🎮☕

@chris interesting, I just tried it and got results for both...

Kiki :3

@chris @martinvermeer @sinabhfuil or, better idea, you put that fucking CW there where it belongs.

I get it, you somehow managed to evade every single mention of these guyws being vicious and evil for the last 30 years, despite being shoved down our throats on a hourly basis. And of course you are worried now that you know what everyone else already knew.

But we do not want to be reminded about them wanting us dead and isolated and silent 24/7 just because you just found out after decades of playing tetris that there actually is a level 2

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@JustAnotherJay the results are much less consistent now it seems... things are evolving

Kinetix

@[email protected] Chris, I gotta ask: How many passes does a company get for helping commit genocide before people stop being shocked at them doing bad things?

Jason Bouwmeester :mstdnca:🎮☕

@chris as you know, I'm also in Canada so who knows...

Buckle up!