Instagram will impose stricter rules regarding sponsored posts


  • TECH
  • Friday, 20 Sep 2019

Posts concerning either topics will have an age restriction or will be removed completely. — Dreamtime/TNS

This week the Guardian reported that Facebook will be more strictly enforcing an updated set of Facebook and Instagram community guidelines designed to curb the amount of influencer adverts related to diet products and cosmetic surgery.

In response to a ream of criticism inspired by actress and body positivity advocate Jameela Jamil's activism against the diet/detox industry, Facebook will be enforcing "tighter restrictions ... on some posts related to diet products and cosmetic surgery" on Facebook and Instagram.

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