Instagram introduced a new ‘sensitive content control’ feature last month aimed at allowing users to control what they see in their Explore feeds. But some users are not happy.
In July, Instagram Inc introduced a feature that allowed its users to choose content they wish to see on their Explore feeds. The ‘sensitive content control’ setting was launched to reduce hate speech, bullying, and harmful content on the platform.
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However, the Facebook-owned company faced backlash from certain users as they saw the feature limited reach of creators’ posts by adding an unnecessary layer of censorship to what they may want to share on the platform.
User reactions
“With recent changes, Instagram now automatically blocks even more ‘sensitive content’. Unfortunately, the automatic pattern recognition designed to detect offensive images does NOT work well,” said one…