A “Bug” In Instagram's Hashtags Has Been Favoring Donald Trump

noticed by the Tech Transparency Project

Instagram spokesperson Raki Wane described the issue as a bug on Tuesday. She pointed out that thousands of hashtags including #artofdrinks and #menshair had also been prevented from populating with related hashtags. She did not explain why the issue affected Trump hashtags and not those associated with Biden, or how long the problem had persisted.

An examination by BuzzFeed News found that Instagram prevented related hashtags from populating for #Trump, which had been used on 14.6 million posts; #Trump2020, which had 2.5 million posts; and #MAGA, which had 5.6 million posts. Meanwhile, the hashtag #JoeBiden, which has been used on 390,000 posts, appeared alongside negative hashtags including #creepyjoebiden and #neverbiden, as well as seemingly pro-Biden content like #joebidenforpresident.

“This feature doesn’t just benignly increase engagement,” she said of related hashtags. “It can lead to a tipping of scales in terms of equitable discourse.”

Zuckerberg at it again. After fb and the fake news leading to 45’s election 😑

Wait...I thought social media companies only ever favoured the left? Isn’t that what conservatives are always telling us?

Big I'm sure

Is it favoring when it’s stating facts? CreepyJoe is facts JoeTheDementia also facts JoeBidenIsARacist again fact “you ain’t black if you don’t vote for me” and these facts prove the last fact NeverBiden so I’m not sure what the issue is? Oh that’s rights, it’s your candidate

Well, it IS a Facebook property so is it that surprising?

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