Instagram, owned by Meta, accidentally changed users’ settings to limit political content automatically, even if those users had turned the option off. This occurred just one day before the first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The company confirmed the issue on Thursday and has since fixed the bug, which also affected Threads. An unspecified error caused the political content toggle to revert to the 'limit' setting each time the app closed.
"An unspecified 'error' apparently caused the 'political content' toggle--... buried several layers deep into #Instagram's settings menu--to revert back to the 'limit' setting each time the app closed": https://t.co/k0cxpr5cAQ #ethics #tech #socialmedia #Meta #Threads #internet
🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: INSTAGRAM LIMITED POLITICAL CONTENT AHEAD OF DEBATE After several Instagram users spoke out when noticing that their settings had been changed to limit political content ahead of Thursday’s presidential debate, Instagram announced it "accidentally" did that. This… https://t.co/DeyQYCTsuu
"An unspecified 'error' apparently caused the 'political content' toggle — already buried several layers deep into #Instagram's settings menu — to revert back to the 'limit' setting each time the app closed": https://t.co/fxGILmuwrZ #ethics #tech #socialmedia #Meta #internet
Meta fixes bug that seemed to reset users’ political content settings on Instagram and Threads: https://t.co/OWk1tz72fG by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Meta fixes bug that seemed to reset users’ political content settings on Instagram and Threads https://t.co/iLwY1P2W2T
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Instagram accidentally changed users’ settings to limit political content automatically, even if those users had turned the option off, the company confirmed Thursday. https://t.co/uaCBuMYtru