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Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram
Users of Reels report feeds dominated by violent and graphic footage after apparent algorithm malfunction
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has apologised after Instagram users were subjected to a flood of violence, gore, animal abuse and dead bodies on their Reels feeds. Users reported the footage dominating their feeds after an apparent malfunction in Instagram’s algorithm, which curates what people see on the app. An Instagram forum on Reddit, the online discussion platform, contained posts from users referencing the graphic material that had appeared in their feeds in midweek.
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