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Meta admits Instagram error flooded Reels with violent and pornographic content (www.techspot.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This is still ongoing for some users if their sub is anything to go by.

404 write up: https://www.404media.co/instagram-error-turned-reels-into-neverending-scroll-of-murder-gore-and-violence/

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[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It wasn’t that long ago that the world almost ground to a halt because some people saw Janet Jackson’s breast.

Now we have this, and there will be zero consequences.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 1 points 9 months ago

She didn't deserve the hate for an accident that wasn't even caused by her.

[–] GoTime@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So this stuff is always on the platform? Why the fuck?

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

zucks personal zuckerbank

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It was definitely a good development to let social media operators make automated "recommendations based on what you seem to like" instead of, you know, letting users decide manually what they want to see, amirite… /s

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

I find the algorithms spot on. Zero need to optimize around an edge case/zero day.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Terrible, horrifying. But what kind of porn? Where would I go to see it to verify this?

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lemmynsfw exists... I'm not subscribed to it, but I get boobs on the All feed all the time.

I'm not complaining