![Illustration of the side profiles of four people: a bearded person wearing glasses, a person with curly hair, a person wearing a hijab, and a person with short brown hair; the person wearing a hijab is drawn with a white dotted outline and is transparent, unlike the other three people.](jpg/aya_shadowbanning_investigation_final-360x203.jpg)
Automated Censorship
Demoted, Deleted, and Denied: There’s More Than Just Shadowbanning on Instagram
An investigation by The Markup found that the platform demoted images of the Israel–Hamas war, deleted captions without warning, and denied users the option to appeal