{"id":549097,"date":"2021-06-02T07:50:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T11:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549097"},"modified":"2021-06-02T07:51:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T11:51:01","slug":"instagram-changes-algorithm-after-being-accused-of-censoring-pro-palestinian-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/instagram-changes-algorithm-after-being-accused-of-censoring-pro-palestinian-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram Changes Algorithm After Being Accused Of Censoring Pro-Palestinian Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finstagram-changes-algorithm-after-being-accused-of-censoring-pro-palestinian-stories%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549097&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1190727788-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>After being accused of censoring content in favor of the Palestinian narrative during the recent explosion of violence between Israeli military and Hamas terrorists, Instagram announced they would be making changes to their underlying algorithm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The change involves giving so-called \u201cequal treatment\u201d to both original content and re-shared posts in Instagram\u2019s popular \u201cstories\u201d feature, with t<\/span><span>he current system having a \u201cbigger impact than expected\u201d on some types of posts, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-57306800\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A spokesperson for the social media platform, which is owned by Facebook, explained that the earlier algorithm was built on the premise that original posts should be prioritized since most Instagram users had too many stories to view each day, with Instagram positing that users <\/span><span>were \u201cmore interested in original stories from their closest friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s also caused people to believe we were suppressing stories about particular topics or points of view. We want to be really clear \u2014 this isn\u2019t the case,\u201d the Instagram spokesperson said, as reported by the BBC. \u201cThis applied to any post that\u2019s re-shared in stories, no matter what it\u2019s about.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The change in algorithm comes after some Facebook employees made allegations against the company that there was a content-based bias against Arabs and Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Earlier this month, a Facebook software engineer from Egypt wrote an open note to his colleagues with a warning: \u201cFacebook is losing trust among Arab users,\u2019\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/ryanmac\/facebook-employees-bias-arabs-muslims-palestine\"><span>BuzzFeed News<\/span><\/a><span> on May 27.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFacebook had been a \u2018tremendous help\u2019 for activists who used it to communicate during the Arab Spring of 2011, he said, but during the ongoing Palestinian\u2013Israeli conflict, censorship \u2014 either perceived or documented \u2014 had made Arab and Muslim users skeptical of the platform,\u201d BuzzFeed continued. \u201cAs proof, the engineer included a screenshot of Gaza Now, a verified news outlet with nearly 4 million followers, which, when liked on Facebook, prompted a \u2018discouraging\u2019 pop-up message stating, \u2018You may want to review [Gaza Now] to see the types of content it usually shares.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI made an experiment and tried liking as many Israeli news pages as possible, and \u2018not a single time\u2019 have I received a similar message,\u201d the engineer wrote. \u201cAre all of these incidents resulted from a model bias?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This engineer did not address the anecdotal nature of their \u201ctest,\u201d or that these warnings are usually applied to pages reported by users for sharing inaccurate information or propaganda. The fact that the verified page has a high number of followers has no impact on the accuracy or reliability of its content, or on users who report its content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, who is Israeli, reassured Instagram users that their content was not being removed or censored, and that a \u201cwidespread issue\u201d had been addressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Many people thought we were removing their content because of what they posted or what hashtag they used, but this bug wasn\u2019t related to the content itself, but rather a widespread issue that has now been fixed,\u201d Mosseri tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.486381322957\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many people thought we were removing their content because of what they posted or what hashtag they used, but this bug wasn\u2019t related to the content itself, but rather a widespread issue that has now been fixed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Mosseri \ud83d\ude37 (@mosseri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mosseri\/status\/1390764510378532864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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