According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, the platforms will now offer three levels of exposure to political content: “less,” “standard” (the default setting), and “more”

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, is under fire for its treatment of LGBTQ+ users after journalist Taylor Lorenz revealed that the platform had restricted LGBTQ-related hashtags for months. The issue,

Reversing a policy enacted following the 2016 presidential election, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to cancel third-party fact-checking on its social media platforms and dial back automated filters in an effort to “get back to our roots around free expression on Facebook and Instagram.”