Instagram Apologizes for Showing Stream of Horrific Real-Life Murders in Users' Feeds

Whoops! Sorry for the trauma! Instagram: it's where people go to get their daily dose of memes and thirst traps, having long given up on it as a way of actually interacting with other human beings. But the vibes spectacularly blew up in everyone's faces this week, when a change to the platform left users chilled to the bone. On Wednesday, Meta issued an apology for an "error" that led to many Instagram feeds suddenly being flooded with gore, animal abuse, dead bodies, and videos of real-life murders — triggering an outpouring of shocked complaints online. "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 told 404 Media in a statement. "We apologize for the mistake." Although Meta recently announced that it would be loosening some of its content moderation policies, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company insisted that the error was unrelated, according to 404. The sheer number of complain ... Read full article.