{"id":11885,"date":"2023-10-18T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/18\/instagram-users-accuse-platform-of-censoring-posts-supporting-palestine\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T12:38:36","slug":"instagram-users-accuse-platform-of-censoring-posts-supporting-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/18\/instagram-users-accuse-platform-of-censoring-posts-supporting-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram users accuse platform of censoring posts supporting Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Users say their posts no longer appear at top of feeds and some suspect platform is shadow-banning, or demoting content<\/p>\n<p>Instagram users are accusing the social network of purposefully censoring posts in support of Palestine \u2013 underscoring longstanding concerns about unfair moderation as war rages in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Hena Mustafa, an Instagram user with 866 followers based in New York City, said that since she began posting about developments in Palestine as Israel mounted its siege in the past week, her Stories \u2013 photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours \u2013 have been receiving \u201csignificantly less views\u201d. Friends and followers have messaged Mustafa to tell her that her posts are no longer appearing at the top of their Instagram feeds, her name has become unsearchable on the social network, and they are unable to interact with her posts.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/oct\/18\/instagram-palestine-posts-censorship-accusations\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1150efbefe25ba9bc7890783f1276992086124b5\/0_95_5465_3277\/master\/5465.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c5bd1c89953c54442d7d5927d8576cf2\" title=\"Instagram users accuse platform of censoring posts supporting Palestine\" \/>Users say their posts no longer appear at top of feeds and some suspect platform is shadow-banning, or demoting content<br \/>\nInstagram users are accusing the social network of purposefully censoring posts in support of Palestine \u2013 underscoring longstanding concerns about unfair moderation as war rages in Gaza.<br \/>\nHena Mustafa, an Instagram user with 866 followers based in New York City, said that since she began posting about developments in Palestine as Israel mounted its siege in the past week, her Stories \u2013 photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours \u2013 have been receiving \u201csignificantly less views\u201d. Friends and followers have messaged Mustafa to tell her that her posts are no longer appearing at the top of their Instagram feeds, her name has become unsearchable on the social network, and they are unable to interact with her posts. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users say their posts no longer appear at top of feeds and some suspect platform is shadow-banning, or demoting content Instagram users are accusing the social network of purposefully censoring posts in support of Palestine \u2013 underscoring longstanding concerns about unfair moderation as war rages in Gaza. Hena Mustafa, an Instagram user with 866 followers &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/18\/instagram-users-accuse-platform-of-censoring-posts-supporting-palestine\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Instagram users accuse platform of censoring posts supporting Palestine<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}