Fake news, conspiracy theories and misinformation are problems not only on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, but also on Instagram. However, this will soon change as the service connect Facebook's fact-checking system to the case. The system operation policy will also be changed. Specifically, posts that are deemed to be false will not be removed, but they will also not be shown in the Explore tab or hashtag search results pages.
“Our approach to misinformation is the same as Facebook's - when we find false information, we don't remove it, we reduce its spread,” said a spokesperson for Poynter, Facebook's fact-checking partner.
The same systems will be used as in the largest social network, so now dubious entries will undergo additional verification. In addition, it is reported that additional notifications and pop-ups may appear on Instagram that will inform users about possible inaccuracy of data. They will be displayed when you try to like or comment on a post. For example, this could be a post about the dangers of vaccines.
At the same time, we note that at the moment there are many third-party Facebook employees from different countries and label user posts on social networks Facebook and Instagram. This is done to prepare data for AI, but the problem is that both public and personal records are available for viewing. A similar thing has happened in India since 2014, and in general there are more than 200 such projects around the world.
This may be considered a violation of privacy, although, in fairness, we note that not only Facebook and Instagram are guilty of this. Many companies are involved in "data annotation", although for social networks the issue of privacy is certainly more critical.