ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mashable: Instagram blocked LGBTQ+ content by accident, Meta claims. “Instagram recently blocked teen users from viewing the results for numerous LGBTQ+ terms by accident, according to a spokesperson for Meta, the platform’s parent company. The restrictions were reported by User Mag, which found that teen users searching for content related to dozens of hashtags including <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://rbfirehose.com/tag/lesbian/" target="_blank">#lesbian</a>, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://rbfirehose.com/tag/bisexual/" target="_blank">#bisexual</a>, […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/08/mashable-instagram-blocked-lgbtq-content-by-accident-meta-claims/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/08/mashable-instagram-blocked-lgbtq-content-by-accident-meta-claims/</a></p>