"Instagram Users Accuse the Platform of Censoring Posts Supporting Palestine, and I Wholeheartedly Believe Them.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/oct/18/instagram-palestine-posts-censorship-accusations
While platform-wide errors are increasingly blamed on AI, the critical missing piece is transparency. What underlies these errors? Are they the result of flawed training data, human oversight, or another elusive factor?
Instagram has issued an apology for mistakenly associating 'terrorist' labels with certain Palestinian user profiles. However, I remain skeptical, believing that their remorse is merely a reaction to being exposed.
Censorship by Meta has become so widespread that people are once again gathering in person to exchange ideas, ironically undermining Mark Zuckerberg's original vision of connecting people. It's safe to say they've effectively shot themselves in the foot.
I can empathize with the experience of being canceled and censored; it's frustrating. But it pales in comparison to the plight of the people in Gaza who are currently enduring extermination."
Will be starting to post my art here. The censorship on Facebook and Instagram is ridiculous. - Nada.A on X