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Meta admits it deleted links to decentralized Instagram competitor Pixelfed

Meta accidentally deleted links to Instagram-competitor Pixelfed on Facebook, which is at least a little suspicious coming after Meta's recent moderation changes.

Meta appeared to be blocking links to Pixelfed, a decentralized photo-sharing platform, on Facebook, according to both users on Bluesky and 404 Media. The company decided to end both its third-party fact checking program and change its Hateful Conduct policy last week. It's not unreasonable to imagine users might consider jumping ship to an alternative like Pixelfed in response, and the platform did share on Saturday that it was "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic to pixelfed.social."

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