Instagram is recommending Covid misinformation, including lies about the vaccines, to millions of users during the pandemic, a shocking new report claims.
Posts promoted by the Facebook-owned social network's algorithm include claims that 'Covid isn't real', 'vaccines are unsafe and kill children' and that 'the pandemic is faked to give the government greater control over the population'.
The report has been authored Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a UK non-profit organisation, which has also detected antisemitism, misinformation regarding last year's US election and QAnon content.
CCDH has published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO and founder of Facebook, which has owned Instagram since 2012.