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Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says mguenot@businessinsider.com (Marianne Guenot) Instagram is promoting posts containing misinformation to its users, a report says. The Center for Countering Digital Hate measured what was recommended on 15 test accounts. The "Explore" and "Suggested Posts" features pointed to QAnon and anti-vaxx content, it noted. Popular Searches It highlighted the "Explore" and "Suggested Posts" features as the source of the recommendations. The CCDH, a not-for-profit group in the UK and US, partnered ...

The posts were found in the "Explore" and "Suggested Posts" features according to research by the Center for Countering Digital Hate.

Instagram is recommending Covid misinformation, including lies about the vaccines, to millions of users during the pandemic, a shocking new report claims. Posts promoted by the Facebook-owned social network's algorithm include claims that 'Covid isn't real', 'vaccines are unsafe and kill children' and that 'the pandemic is faked to give the government greater control over the population'.   The report has been authored Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a UK non-profit organisation, which has also detected antisemitism, misinformation regarding last year's US election and QAnon cont...

The report by @CCDHate found that users curious about dubious posts were directed to more false claims and dangerous content.

Instagram’s “suggested” posts recommended anti-vaccine content even as Facebook cracked down on false and misleading statements about COVID-19.