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By trading nude photos for donations to relief groups, people are raising thousands of dollars to help Australia — but some social media platforms are shutting them down
She was 17 and excited to start her life. Then photos of her brutal murder started showing up on Instagram
The internet thrived because of freedom for users to publish what they wanted, but that's all changing
Caroline Calloway isn't alone — most influencers hire social media managers to write their Instagram captions. "I am part of this specific part of society that is all ghost people," says one
Even if you don't know what a VSCO girl is, you have undoubtedly encountered one, and they've probably made you feel ancient. But whatever, we love them
A cartoon from the Nib satirizing the right-wing demonization of antifa was removed by Instagram for "promoting violence"
The platform's handling of the Bianca Devins case is arguably reflective of a wider problem
Some feel that such censorship is merely the result of an unreliable algorithm — but others allege that the platform specifically targets marginalized bodies
"Instagram, the most popular platform for artists who share their work online, and its parent company, Facebook, both ban photographic representations of the nude body"
"If they censor us there, we'll find another way to speak out"
