Facebook and Instagram have unblocked the
hashtag #sikh and apologised for it. Instagram said the hashtag was “mistakenly
blocked” due to a report received in early March. Although the block was in
place for nearly three months, Facebook became aware of the issue on Wednesday,
after a large number of people outraged on social media for not allowing them
to use the #sikh hashtags on its platforms. Instagram notably unblocked the
hashtag shortly after receiving user reports. However, Facebook itself took
some additional time to unblock.
“We investigated this issue and found that
these hashtags were mistakenly blocked on March 7th following a report that was
inaccurately reviewed by our teams,” Instagram said in a Twitter
thread while giving clarity on the #sikh hashtag blocking.
Interestingly, the company added it became
aware of the blocking just on Wednesday following the feedback it received from
the community. “Our processes fell down here, and we're sorry,” it continued .
Several
people had raised the issue on social
media but it was finally noticed by the Instagram team on June
3.
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