Don’t CW this.

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!

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@glassjellyfish @martinvermeer @sinabhfuil
congrats. thanks for the preaching. you missed the point of the impact of global networks being blocked and filtered and confirming that in real time. ill save you the hardship and filter you out. I hear mastodon has good tools for that too, try it some time.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@kinetix I am not on fb. So the answer for me personally is they passed the threshold a long time ago... but that doesnt lessen the impact or the need to inform and confirm and expose on their current manifestations of fascism.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@JustAnotherJay currently feel like I am in this video...

Kiki :3

@chris @martinvermeer @sinabhfuil wait... you actually believe this is new? really? like, you really are not aware of all the times they did before?

fucking hell you guys truly are ignorant to the core

Jerome

@chris
I would try that if I had an instagram account.
What happens if one tries to"#communists"? Inquisitive minds need to know.

I see no problem searching for "#democrats" on mastodon, BTW.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@dl2jml ha! good question. I am no longer in the same town as my own tester having jsut gone to work. but maybe someone will give it a go today!