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British fishmonger Rex Goldsmith likes to post photos of his available seafood on Instagram.<\/p>
“I can put a video or photo up of a particular fish,” he told BBC News<\/em><\/a>, “and I’ll often get direct messages or phone calls saying ‘save one for me’ — it’s a good connector.”<\/p> But twice in two weeks, he found his photos mistakenly censored by Instagram as featuring “offensive content” — a bizarre example of social networks’ current inability<\/a> to effectively police their content.<\/p> A spokesperson for Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, apologized for the mistake in a statement, noting that Goldsmith’s “content was marked as sensitive in error and has now been reinstated.”<\/p> Still, with not one but two posts censored — and whispers of butchers facing similar censorship, according to the BBC<\/em> — Goldsmith suspects he and his meat-slinging colleagues might be the victims of vegan trolls.<\/p> “I think it’s a bit ridiculous really,” he told The Telegraph<\/em><\/a>. “I don’t know whether the post has been reported by vegans or whether Instagram censored it as they thought it would be offensive to vegans. I have no idea why a vegan would follow a vegan would follow a fishmonger on social media in the first place.”<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Instagram apologises after censoring London fishmonger<\/a> [BBC News<\/em>]<\/p> More on censorship:<\/strong> Facebook Needs Humans *and* Algorithms to Filter Hate Speech<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post Instagram Keeps Accidentally Flagging Fish Photos as Offensive<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Go here to read the rest: False Flag British fishmonger Rex Goldsmith likes to post photos of his available seafood on Instagram. \u201cI can put a video or photo up of a particular fish,\u201d he told BBC News , \u201cand I\u2019ll often get direct messages or phone calls saying \u2018save one for me\u2019 \u2014 it\u2019s a good connector.\u201d But twice in two weeks, he found his photos mistakenly censored by Instagram as featuring \u201coffensive content\u201d \u2014 a bizarre example of social networks\u2019 current inability to effectively police their content. Continue reading Something’s Fishy<\/h2>
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