Instagram accounts pushing graphic, violent content material to thousands and thousands, CBS News investigation finds

Warning: Some subject material is disturbing. Instagram customers all over the world opened the app at some point again in February and noticed their feeds all of the sudden stuffed with graphic, violent movies. Its father or mother firm, Meta, known as it an "error" that is now been fastened. But a CBS News investigation finds that violent content material stays pervasive on Instagram reels. CBS News’ Ash-har Quraishi and Chris Hacker report.

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