Instagram announced on Friday, that making changes to its image sharing platform to prevent the spread of misinformation around the US presidential election.
It would temporarily get rid of the “recent” tab on hashtag pages to potentially stop the spread of “harmful content” around the election.
Moreover, Facebook reported earlier this month, it took down 120,000 posts across both Facebook proper and Instagram that violated its voter interference policies.
Also, the company rejected 2.2 million ad submissions for targeting the US without completing its authorization process. Later, Facebook removed some fake accounts, that attempted to influence online discussion around the U.S. political election.
Two Facebook pages and 22 Instagram accounts was removed for using fake identities to comment on social and political issues in both English and Spanish, including the U.S. presidential election. Those accounts were tied to people in Mexico and Venezuela.
On other hand, last week FBI explained that Russia and Iran obtained voter registration data to meddle in the upcoming election.
Earlier, Facebook Vice President Nick Clegg announced, that the company have forged partnerships with 70 specialized media, including five in France, on the verification of information, and AFP is one of these partners.
Noteworthy, Four years ago, when Trump first won the Presidency, Instagram's parent company Facebook was accused of collecting data on social media users without their consent, and then using this personal information to target people for political advertising.
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