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Meta admits Instagram error flooded Reels with violent and pornographic content (www.techspot.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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This is still ongoing for some users if their sub is anything to go by.

404 write up: https://www.404media.co/instagram-error-turned-reels-into-neverending-scroll-of-murder-gore-and-violence/

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[–] IsThisAnAI 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It was a bug/exploit. You don't normally need to manually curate to avoid that content. You are exposed to more of it here having to manually curate.

You block one furry instance and another one immediately gets federated.