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Meta launches opt-out setting to limit visibility of politics


It’s now easier to avoid seeing political content across Instagram and Threads thanks to the new opt-out setting.

“Our goal is to preserve the ability for people to choose to interact with political content, while respecting each person’s appetite for it.” This update comes after a report on the Meta Transparency Center which directly states that people “have told us they want to see less political content.” Heading straight into a regional newsroom, after graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism, Sophie started by working for Reach PLC.

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