Meta Faces Criticism Over Political Content Settings Glitch on Instagram and Threads

Users report settings resetting to limit political content visibility, raising concerns about transparency and user control.

Meta's Instagram and Threads experienced a glitch resetting political content settings to default limits.
Users discovered the issue after a prompt from Democratic strategist Keith Edwards on Threads.
Meta acknowledged the problem, calling it an error and promising a fix.
The glitch has sparked debate about potential impacts on political content visibility, especially ahead of significant events.
Concerns about Big Tech interference and transparency have been amplified by the timing of the glitch.