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content regarding credible threats, hate speech, serious threats of harm, and spam. These
comments are automatically removed by Instagram and are not viewable by users. In October
2020, Instagram also began automatically hiding comments similar to others that have been
reported in the past via an artificial intelligence algorithm. See Instagram, Kicking off National
Bullying Prevention Month with New Anti-Bullying Features, October 6, 2020, available at
https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/national-bullying-prevention-month
(last
accessed December 8, 2021).
This is an automatic Instagram feature and Instagram account
administrators cannot turn this feature off. Jd. The comments hidden via this mechanism can be
viewed by a user by choosing to "view hidden comments." Id.
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Instagram provides account holders with a variety of tools to moderate the
conversations on their posts. Account holders may, for example, use manual keyword filtering to
hide all comments containing specified words or phrases. Thus, if an account holder designates
the word "testing" as a manual filtered keyword on the account holder's page. any comment
containing that word should automatically be hidden from public view as soon as it is posted. The
filtered comment will be visible only to the user who posted it and to the account holder if they
choose to "view hidden comments." No other user, including users who follow the comment
author, will be able to see, reply to, or engage with the hidden comment.
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Account holders may also hide comments that contain any keyword in a list of
"Default Keywords" created and maintained by Instagram. Enabling the "Use Default Keywords"
setting automatically hides comments containing keywords that are commonly found in posts
reported as violating Instagram's terms of service. Unlike manual keyword-filtered comments,
See
Instagram,
Community
Guidelines,
at
https://help instagram.com/477434105621119/?refsrc=about. facebook.com%2Factions%2Fpromoting-safety-andexpression%2F (last accessed December 7, 2021).
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