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In Facebook's Footsteps: Instagram Begins Labelling 'State-Controlled Media' Accounts and Posts
In Facebook's Footsteps: Instagram Begins Labelling 'State-Controlled Media' Accounts and Posts
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Instagram has moved to label accounts and posts of "state-controlled media," following the lead of its parent company Facebook, technology... 06.10.2020, Sputnik International
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In Facebook's Footsteps: Instagram Begins Labelling 'State-Controlled Media' Accounts and Posts
09:31 GMT 06.10.2020 (Updated: 08:59 GMT 15.11.2022) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Instagram has moved to label accounts and posts of "state-controlled media," following the lead of its parent company Facebook, technology website Engadget reported.
According to the outlet, journalist Casey Michel was the first to notice that users in the United States see such labels appearing on their profile pages and posts.
Redfish, In the Now and Soapbox have already been reportedly designated as "Russia state-controlled media."
25 September 2020, 00:05 GMT
The outlets have started reacting to the label within their bios by saying: "We disagree" and "That's not nice!"
On a support page, Instagram explains that it holds these accounts to "a higher standard of transparency because we believe they combine the influence of a media organization with the backing of a state."
Later in the day, Russia's RT broadcaster said its Instagram account had received such designation not only in its profile header but in all of its posts as well. The account of the channel's editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, has also been marked this way. The account of the RIA Novosti news agency is now the same way.
Facebook began to apply the relevant policy in June.
