Meta’s automated moderation wrongfully restricts Instagram, Threads accounts

The news: Instagram and Threads user accounts are being erroneously removed or limited.

  • Users report that their accounts are being restricted for sharing links to articles about controversial topics and that automated content moderation filters appear to be incorrectly blocking and fact-checking posts.
  • Some Threads accounts were deactivated after users were mistakenly marked as being under Meta’s minimum age requirements, per The Verge.