Instagram to review whether its practices and policies ‘suppress Black voices’


Instagram is reviewing four areas of potential concern for how the app specifically affects Black users, according to Mosseri: harassment; account verification (with plans make changes to “ensure it’s as inclusive as possible”); distribution (how content is filtered on Explore and Hashtag pages to determine where there may be vulnerability to bias); and algorithmic bias. — AP

LOS ANGELES: Instagram is “taking a harder look” at how the photo and video sharing app affects different communities, starting with Black users, according to the app’s top executive, Adam Mosseri.

In a blog post Monday, Mosseri said Facebook-owned Instagram has been “hearing concern about whether we suppress Black voices and whether our products and policies treat everyone equally”.

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