Instagram

Some Instagram users experienced an error within the last few days that flooded their personal Reels feeds with violent and NSFW imagery, some (but not all) of which was hidden behind content warnings.

The livestreaming platform announced that this week, every channel will get the ability to edit and share clips straight to Instagram.

From Alessandro Paluzzi, who recently posted screenshots of how writing Community Notes might look like on Threads, too.

Instagram’s chief says the changes reflect the domination of vertical content on the platform, and that highlighted stories should be coming to the grid in the future.

404 Media reports that trans and non-binary pride chat themes were “retired” this week and announcements scrubbed from the web — just as Meta is allowing more hate speech.

Leaked training documents obtained by The Intercept offer more details about Meta’s updated Hateful Conduct rules. Specific examples of speech Meta allows include “Immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit,” “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians,” and “Trans people are immoral.”

404 Media has updates from unnamed employees on how the moderation changes have been received:

After user outrage, Meta is deleting its small army of AI bot profiles in order to fix a bug that removed the ability to block the accounts. As I reported earlier today, the bots have been around since 2023, but many users just discovered them in the last few days following news coverage and social media posts.

The New York Times reports on a spate of cases where predators posing as photographers and promoters used social media to connect with parents and solicit child sexual abuse imagery, taking advantage of not just Instagram but also parents who want to turn their young children into influencers.