Instagram failed to remove toxic comments directed at Vice President Kamala Harris and other leading female politicians, according to research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The CCDH analyzed over half a million comments on Instagram posts from five Republican and five Democratic women politicians and found over 20,000 "toxic" comments, according to an AI tool. Upon manual review, they found nearly 1,000 comments clearly breaching Instagram policies, but Instagram took no action on 93%. The non-profit flagged the comments to Instagram but many "repeat offenders" kept posting abuse.
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00:03Instagram failed to remove toxic comments directed at Vice President Kamala Harris and
00:07other leading female politicians, according to research from the Center for Countering
00:11Digital Hate.
00:12The CCDH analyzed over half a million comments on Instagram posts from five Republican and
00:17five Democratic women politicians and found over 20,000 toxic comments, according to an
00:22AI tool.
00:24Upon manual review, they found nearly 1,000 comments clearly breaching Instagram policies,
00:29but Instagram took no action on 93% of them.
00:32The nonprofit flagged the comments to Instagram, but many repeat offenders kept posting abuse.
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