Instagram admits prejudice on platform, promises change

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Following this confession, company says it is taking a series of actions to reduce, and hopefully, put an end to this discrimination. FMTNews Instagram

Instagram is revising its technology to correct racial discrimination on the platform.

On Monday, the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, published an article to the company’s blog acknowledging the existence of racial discrimination on the platform and directly within the company, promising that he and his team would work to reduce this and outlining a plan of action to combat it. To start, Instagram will combat harassment that black people face both on and off the platform caused by “potential gaps in how our products and policies protect people from those issues.”

 

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