Instagram is limiting the amount of political content you’ll see in your feed, angering users [Video]

Instagram users might notice even less political content in their feeds these days, although this time it has nothing to do with Meta’s Canadian news block.

Instagram has started an automatic clampdown on the amount of political content — which it defines as posts about laws, elections or social topics — appearing in its users’ feeds from accounts people don’t already follow.

According to tech reporting site Ars Technica, Instagram didn’t appear to notify its users directly that the previously announced change had taken place.

There is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls, but the change comes during a year of crucial elections in the U.S. and other countries, and also follows Meta’s ban on Canadian news for all Canadian users in response to Bill C-18.

Many outraged users are complaining about censorship and a limit on political discourse, with some worried Instagram’s definition of political content is so broadthat “even posts …