Instagram Blocks Political Hashtags

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Instagram blocked searches for #democrats and other political hashtags

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Instagram blocked searches for political hashtags, including # democrats , # jan6th , # republicans and a number of other terms Tuesday .

Users who searched for these terms were instead greeted with a notice that “we’ve hidden these results" because they "may contain sensitive content" It's not clear exactly how many search terms were affected but users on Reddit reported that were unsearchable.

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Informative language

Neutral language

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semi-formal

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English

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Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful