The Center for Combating Digital Hate conducted a study on the messages of Instagram users. According to the results of the research, Instagram does not pay enough attention to the harassment messages its users receive.
The Digital Anti-Hate Center focused on the Direct Message part, working with five women in the research. As a result, he concluded that the social media platform did not take enough action for its messages of harassment and hostility. So what are the statistics in the report? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
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According to the research conducted by the Digital Hate Center on five women, there is no sanction for 90% of harassment made via Direct Messages. The accounts tested in the research have a total of 4.8 million followers, and 8717 Direct Messages were analyzed in the research. 1 in 15 messages sent to women violates harassment and abuse rules.
For voice messages, 1 out of 7 voice messages is harassment. Also, the platform allows anyone to search users. The most important result of the research is Instagram takes action on only 1 out of 10 harassment messages.
Based on the results of the research, the Center for Combating Digital Hate stated that the system should be improved and the channels where women were abused should be closed. The United Kingdom also said that the sending of obscene images without the consent of the recipients should be prohibited.
Instagram, on the other hand, stated that it did not agree with the results of the research. The Head of Security at the Center for Combating Digital Hate explained that this is unacceptable and is a gender-based system.
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