Instagram updating content-banning policies on app

SAN FRANCISCO: As part of its efforts to curb the spread of false information, consipiracy theories and hate on its platform, Instagram is implementing a policy change concerning the removal of posts violating content norms based on accumulated negative strikes, as well as content bans.

Instagram has said that with its new policy, accounts will be removed after an undisclosed amount of violations and an undisclosed window of time. And it’ll be the same bar for every user, regardless of how often they post on the app, Engadget reported on Wednesday.

Up until now, Instagram relied on a policy that allowed “a certain percentage” of violations within a window of time before it decides to ban someone.