Instagram now has a preemptive censorship feature that warns users about making comments before they submit them. Because they want a "supportive place" i.e. you're not allowed to talk about anything controversial.

In this screenshot is a comment that "both the Dems and the Rs are corrupt" and that "if Dems are okay with genocide, what else are they okay with?"

Whether or not you agree with the statement, they are silencing trivial dissent, and that in-itself is revealing about our present and future.

I want folks to understand content moderation can be and is weaponized, and that content moderation is not a solved problem even on the #fediverse

#Instagram #meta #censorship #ContentModeration #Democrats #genocide #butchware