Instagram Apologizes to Nigerians for incorrectly flagging Down #EndSars Posts as false information -Instagram has apologized to Nigerians for wrongly flagging down posts as “fake data” in support of # EndSARS.
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Recall several Instagram users took to their respective accounts to react in anger after their posts aimed at spreading awareness about the #EndSARS campaign were flagged down as “false information.”
Mark Zuckerberg Is Flagging The Killing Of #unarmed #EndSARS Protesters By The Nigerian Armed Forces As Fake News. Even The #LagosStateMassacre And #LekkiGenocide Was Tagged False Information Both On Instagram And Facebook. @finkd Is An Accomplice To The Killings In Nigeria🇳🇬. pic.twitter.com/p9oHhDsGMo
— Somto Okonkwo 𓃵 (@General_Somto) October 21, 2020
Meanwhile Mark Zuckerberg has chosen a side, and he didn’t choose ours.#EndSARS pic.twitter.com/NRR53cKEzp
— Alma Asinobi (@almaasinobi) October 21, 2020
The social media site admitted in a statement released on their Twitter page that they flagged down posts in support of #EndSARS incorrectly and apologized for the mistake to Nigerians.
The statement read: “Yesterday our systems were incorrectly flagging content in support of #EndSARS, and marking posts as false. We are deeply sorry for this. The issue has now been resolved, and we apologize for letting our community down in such a time of need.”
Yesterday our systems were incorrectly flagging content in support of #EndSARS, and marking posts as false. We are deeply sorry for this. The issue has now been resolved, and we apologize for letting our community down in such a time of need.
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) October 22, 2020
