Instagram plans algorithm change after complaints of censoring pro-Palestine content

Instagram will make changes to its algorithms after some of its employees complained that the platform did not show pro-Palestine content during the Gaza conflict, The Verge reported. The company said it would now give equal weightage to both original content and re-posted content, added the report.

Instagram said its users had shown more interest in original content from their friends than reshared content. That is why it changed algorithms to promote original content.

“But there’s been an increase— not just now but in the past as well — in how many people are resharing posts, and we’ve seen a bigger impact than expected on the reach of these posts,” a Facebook spokesperson said.