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Instagram says anti-spam tool blocked Black Lives Matter posts

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Instagram blames anti-spam tool for blocking posts containing Black Lives Matter tags after some people are prevented from posting about the movement Posts with #BlackLivesMatter were prevented from being posted Instagram says the restriction was the result of its automated spam tool The tool apparently jumped into action due to an influx of posts on … Read more

Facebook says a ‘bug in its anti-spam system’ blocked coronavirus news

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Facebook says a bug in its anti-spam system was blocking the publication of links to news stories about the coronavirus. Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president of integrity, took to Twitter Tuesday evening claiming that the company had fixed the issue following widespread outrage. ‘We’ve restored all the posts that were incorrectly removed, which included posts … Read more