00:00Instagram's parent company, Meta, very publicly rolled back its content moderation policies last year after CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that
00:07his company had done, quote, too much censorship.
00:10Well, a new report from the Anti-Defamation League suggests that the changes allowed some pretty horrible content to positively
00:17flourish on the social media platform.
00:20ADL researchers reported 253 pieces of violent content to the company's standard user reporting system.
00:26If you use Facebook or Instagram, you've probably seen a button to report inappropriate content.
00:31That is what they're talking about here.
00:33The troubling content in this case included profiles of white supremacist networks, propaganda for designated terrorist organizations and vendors selling
00:42Nazi merchandise.
00:43Of those, Instagram removed 11 accounts and eight posts, only 7% of what was reported.
00:49The ADL says that in 20 cases, Instagram admitted that it lacked the capability to even review the reports.
00:55Is that not the entire purpose of the user reporting system?
01:00I mean, I don't think I'm understanding this wrong.
01:02So what is the disconnect?
01:04The report also found that while controversial influencer Nick Fuentes has been banned from the platform since 2021, he's managed
01:11to successfully build a shadow network of more than 100 Instagram accounts with a staggering 1.4 million followers.
01:19A pro-Hitler video posted on one such account had 2.7 million views and 172,000 likes.
01:27Meta responded to the ADL's report defending the platform's, quote, commitment and dedication to tackling anti-Semitism and claiming that
01:34more than two-thirds of the flagged content was, quote, removed prior to the publication of this report, while some
01:40did not violate our policies.
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