Instagram recommending misinformation to users, study says
Instagram is recommending anti-vaccination and coronavirus misinformation to potentially millions of users, a new report has claimed. A study from the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and charity Restless Development says the social media platform is suggesting content to users that includes conspiracy theories about Covid-19 as well as anti-Semitic and other harmful content. It claimed that as well as health misinformation and anti-Semitic content, conspiracy theories tied to QAnon and false claims about the US presidential election were also being promoted by Instagram’s algorith...