Meta Apologizes for 'Mistake' That Flooded Instagram Reels with Graphic and Violent Content

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Why Did Instagram Reels Start Recommending a Ton of Violent and Graphic Content?

Instagram's Reels app recommended violent and graphic videos to users. The company says it has now fixed the error. Reels is Instagram's take on short-form video. It is hoping to become a viable competitor to TikTok as that app remains under threat of a U.S. ban.

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Meta says it fixed ‘error' after Instagram users report a flood of graphic and violent content

Some Instagram users reported seeing violent and graphic content on their feeds. Meta said it is fixing an error that caused some users to see content "that should not have been recommended" The company works to protect users from disturbing imagery and removes content that is particularly violent or graphic.

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Meta Fixes Error That Filled IG Reels With Violent Vids

Some Instagram users had violent and graphic videos in their personal Reels feeds. Meta Platforms said it had resolved the error. The company did not disclose the reason behind the glitch. It was not immediately clear how many people were affected by the glitch in the U.S.

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Meta apologizes for Instagram after site reels are inundated with gore and violence

Instagram parent company issues apology after users report being shown violent, gory and explicit videos on their Instagram Reels pages. Reports suggest explicit videos were even suggested for users who had enabled Instagram’s sensitive content feature, which prohibits such videos from appearing on feeds.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Apologizes for 'Error' Flooding Instagram Users with Porn, Violent Videos

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has acknowledged and fixed an “error” that caused a wave of disturbing content to appear on users’ Instagram Reels feed. The company emphasized that it works to protect users from disturbing imagery and removes content that is particularly violent or graphic, as per its policy.

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Meta apologizes for the sudden influx of graphic content on Instagram Reels

Meta apologized for graphic and violent content recommended on Instagram Reels on Wednesday. Instagram users reported seeing a flood of short-form videos showing gore and violence. These videos were marked with the "sensitive content" label but were being recommended to users back-to-back. Meta replaced US fact-checkers with a community notes model in January.

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Meta apologises for 'mistake' as Instagram flooded with 'explosion of gore, violence and dead bodies'

Meta apologises for 'mistake' as Instagram flooded with 'explosion of gore, violence and dead bodies' Users reported a suspected malfunction on the social media platform’s algorithm, which curates what appears for people on the app. In a forum on chat room site Reddit, users shared how they had repeatedly been shown extremely graphic and distressing Reels.

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Meta apologizes after Instagram users subjected to graphic content

Instagram users recently received more than they signed up for when logging into the app. Meta has since apologized for the error.

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Meta apologizes for error that exposed some Instagram users to violent content

Meta apologizes for error that exposed some Instagram users to violent content. "We have fixed an error that caused some users to see content in their Instagram Reels feed that should not have been recommended," a Meta spokesperson said. The apology came a day after multiple Instagram users reported receiving content recommendations labeled as "not safe for work"

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Meta apologizes after Instagram users are flooded with violent videos

The issue affected a broad range of users, including minors. The troubling content was recommended to users without their consent. The videos originated from pages with names such as “BlackPeopleBeingHurt” and “ShockingTragedies” The Wall Street Journal reporter’s Instagram account was inundated with back-to-back clips of people being shot, crushed by machinery and violently ejected from amusement park rides.

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Meta apologizes, fixes glitch that caused violent video recommendations on Reels

Meta apologizes, fixes glitch that caused violent video recommendations on Reels. Numerous Instagram users on Tuesday had reported seeing a stream of recommended videos in their Reels feed. Many of the videos showed people being beaten or killed, including many that the platform had labeled as "sensitive content"

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Bug That Showed Violent Content in Instagram Feeds Is Fixed, Meta Says

Bug That Showed Violent Content in Instagram Feeds Is Fixed, Meta Says. Meta attributed the problem to an error the company says has been addressed. The incident was an error unrelated to any content-policy changes the company has made. Amnesty International warned earlier this month that Meta's changes could raise the risk of fueling violence.

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Meta Apologizes Following a Report of Graphic Reels on Instagram

The Wall Street Journalfirst reported the videos, which were recommended on some users’ Reels tabs. Instagram spokesman said the videos weren't related to Meta's moves to end third-party fact checking. Meta shares are rising 1.5% in premarket trading and have gained nearly 40% in the past 12 months.

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Meta admits Instagram Reels featured violence and porn in graphic error

Meta admits Instagram Reels featured violence and porn in graphic error. The company said on Thursday that it fixed an error that resulted in a flood of violent and graphic content. One Reddit user described a feed that switched from "planes, watches, miniature painting, and cats" to "body horror and videos with descriptions in Russian"

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Flood of violent and graphic content on Instagram; Meta says an error, not relaxed moderation - 9to5Mac

Parent company Meta says it has now fixed the issue, which is claims was due to a “mistake” rather than its new relaxed moderation policy. Some users claimed they saw such content, even with Instagram’s “Sensitive Content Control” enabled to its highest moderation setting.

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