Instagram ignored 93% of abusive comments toward female politicians: report [Video]

Instagram ignored 926 out of 1,000 abusive comments targeting American female politicians after they were flagged to the app, according to a new report. 

The British non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) flagged comments users left on the accounts of 10 politicians, including Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, that it said violated parent company Meta Platforms’ standards.

Most remained online a week later, including sexist and racist comments like, “Make rape legal,” “death to her and her supporters,” and “we don’t want Blacks around us no matter who they are.” 

Instagram’s community guidelines claim the app removes “content that contains credible threats or hate speech” and “content that targets private individuals to degrade or shame them.” 

But CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed says Instagram is not enforcing these guidelines.

Platforms have ‘no incentive’ to clean up hate: CCDH

“This is a systemic problem with the incentive structures for social media platforms. They have no incentive for cleaning up their platforms,” Ahmed told …