New TOS for Instagram are out - take note if you have an account. Essentially you should delete all suggested and censored nudes and just link back to your twitter rather than a linktree to be safe pic.twitter.com/V8OKNLfXys Valerie August (@MsValerieAugust) November 19, 2020
In an email statement to Dazed, an Instagram spokesperson clarified that the platform had simply changed the wording of its Terms of Use in order to provide “clearer language on how we use data to show personalised ads, what data advertisers have/receive, and to clarify licensing and IP usage”.
Though the guidelines aren’t new, it’s still important to reflect on Instagram’s hostility to sex workers, who have long been penalised by the platform, facing account deletions and regular shadow-banning (when a user can post as normal, but their content is hidden from the community).