Instagram to Review Whether Its Practices and Policies ‘Suppress Black Voices’

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorInstagram is “taking a harder look” at how the photo and video sharing app affects different communities, starting with Black users, according to the app’s top executive, Adam Mosseri.In a blog post Monday, Mosseri said Instagram has been “hearing concern about whether we suppress Black voices and whether our products and policies treat everyone equally.”While Instagram — with more than a 1 billion monthly users — is “a platform that stands for elevating Black voices,” he wrote, at the same time “Black people are often harassed, afraid of being ‘shadowbanned,’ and disagree with many content takedowns.”Instagram is reviewing four areas of potential concern for how the app specifically affects Black users,.