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Instagram apologises for blocking #EndSARS content

The social media giant blames a system error for “letting our community down in such a time of need.”

• October 22, 2020
Instagram used to illustrate the story
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Instagram has apologised for letting Nigerians down with a system error that flagged content relating to #EndSARS. 

“Yesterday our systems were incorrectly flagging content in support of #EndSARS , and marking posts as false. 

“We are deeply sorry for this. The issue has now been resolved, and we apologize for letting our community down in such a time of need,” Instagram said in a Twitter Thursday afternoon. 

The apology came a day after Nigerians complained that genuine posts relating the worldwide campaign against police brutality were being censored. On Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands followed a livestream of a Lagos-based DJ on Instagram that showed how Nigerian soldiers were killing protesters in Lekki. 

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