A “Bug” In Instagram’s Hashtags Has Been Favoring Donald Trump
▻https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/instagram-related-hashtags-favoring-trump-over-biden
“A technical error caused a number of hashtags to not show related hashtags. We’ve disabled this feature while we investigate.” For at least the last two months, a key Instagram feature, which algorithmically pushes users toward supposedly related content, has been treating hashtags associated with President Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in very different ways. Searches for Biden also return a variety of pro-Trump messages, while searches for (...)