And suddenly Instagram is full of violent videos
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Since afternoon, users of Instagram report that they suddenly see violent and shocking videos. Normally they are banned, but perhaps something went wrong.
« Gunshots, blood, childbirth, random accidents, murders, sex, deep -sea beings and all the disgusting things you can imagine. » In this way, an Instagram user describes what appeared on the social medium timeline. “Sorry for the gross words, but believe me, I have seen all of that. It's traumatizing. «
A lot of internet users joined her on other social media such as Reddit and X. « I just saw someone who picked up his own arm after it was cut off by a machete, » it sounds.
Normally the algorithm of the app serves your videos of the type that you have previously interested in, or based on your profile. But the large number of reports from Instagrammers show that something went wrong somewhere. Meta, the parent company of Instagram and also apps such as Facebook and WhatsApp, did not respond to the problems yet.
Most of such videos are first vaguely made with the message « sensitive content ». Only when you click through to see them, do you get the actual content. (KBA)
