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

Summary

Meta’s Instagram faced criticism after searches for “Democrat” or “Democrats” displayed a “results hidden” message, while “Republican” returned 3.3 million posts.

The issue emerged after Donald Trump’s inauguration, which Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg attended.

Meta attributed the problem to a technical error affecting political hashtags and promised a quick fix.

Critics, however, flagged concerns over perceived political bias, especially as Meta has recently shifted content moderation policies and aligned closer to the Republican administration, including donations to Trump and appointing a Republican as global affairs chief.

    • superkret@feddit.org
      37·
      1 day ago

      Just travelled through Chile. All bus schedules in the south are exclusively on Facebook and Instagram, and literally the only way to book a ticket is Whatsapp.
      I wish I was exaggerating.

      • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 hours ago

        What! Bus schedules on Facebook exclusively? Facebook does not scream “repository of information”, that’s never, ever, been the purpose of the site.

        That sounds awful

        • superkret@feddit.org
          1·
          5 hours ago

          Yeah, they usually have a jpeg with the time schedule, and put that on their facebook or instagram.
          One of the results of the extreme deregulation and privatization of everything in the country – Now every bus connection is serviced by a different company, which usually consists of one bus and 2 self employed people.
          For the major connections there’s a privately run service that tries to keep track of what company drives where, and puts that on a website where you can buy tickets – for a slightly higher price of course.
          But for the minor connections, your only chance is phyiscally going to the bus stop, where QR codes for the Meta accounts and Whatsapp Nr are posted, or you can ask at the nearest empanadas stand.

    • Ms. ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zipEnglish
      19·
      1 day ago

      I currently work for a company that does contractual support for some meta products. I’ll be doing my part to slow work there until I move

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
      18·
      1 day ago

      And block or (better) poison all their trackers. Just because you’re not using a Meta product doesn’t mean they’re not spying on you.

    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
      14·
      1 day ago

      Haven’t logged into my facebook since covid. Don’t have Instagram, WhatsApp or other social media crap. Lemmy (sometimes reddit, I have to admit) and Discord are the only “social networks” (I hate this term, it should be para-social network) I use.