Instagram quietly limits political content in feed without informing users, sparking accusations of censorship

• Instagram rolled out a new tool limiting political content in recommendations without directly telling users

• The change makes political content not get recommended by default for many accounts

• Outraged users accused Instagram of censoring political discussion in a tense election year

• People thought it targets their own political views - right leaners felt it filters conservative speech, left leaners felt it censors pro-Palestinian content

• Instagram announced the change in a little-noticed blog post on Feb. 9th saying it won't recommend political content, but most users missed it