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Jan 2025
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Threads and Instagram will recommend pol...

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Meta is continuing to overhaul its moderation and content rules. Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted today that Instagram and Threads will start including political content in recommendations. It's a reversal from the policy the two platforms adopted last year, which made political content something users had to choose if they wanted to see.  Also, Google kno ... Show More
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