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In a bid to enter the competitive social media market, <keyword id="10387" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Microsoft">Microsoft</keyword> may acquire <keyword id="10977176" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="popular-chat">popular chat</keyword> and <keyword id="10464953" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="communications-platform-discord">communications platform Discord</keyword> for more than $10 billion, the media reported. According to a <keyword id="10977177" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="gamesbeat-report">GamesBeat report</keyword> citing sources, <keyword id="451967" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="discord">Discord</keyword> is "going through a sales process now that could result in a purchase of the communications and chat platform for much more than $10 billion". "One source said the company has signed an exclusive acquisition discussion with one party, meaning it is in final negotiations about a sale", the report said late on Monday. The news came as Discord raised $100 million in December last year at a $7 billion market valuation. Popular among the teenagers globally including in India, the chat and communications platform currently has 140 million monthly active users (MAUs) — double the number it had a year ago. Discord connects game companies with their fans in audio and text chat communities. A spokesperson for Discord "declined to comment on rumours or speculation". Microsoft also did not comment on the report. Discord was publicly launched in May 2015 under the domain name discordapp.com. Microsoft announced in April 2018 that it will provide Discord support for <keyword id="6536570" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="xbox">Xbox</keyword> Live users, allowing them to link their Discord and Xbox Live accounts so that they can connect with their Xbox Live friends list through Discord. According to media reports, Xbox chief Phil Spencer is said to be talking to Discord about the potential deal. In December 2018, Discord announced it raised $150 million in funding at a $2 billion valuation. Starting in June 2020, Discord announced it was shifting its focus away from video gaming to a more all-purpose communication and chat client for all functions, revealing its new slogan "Your place to talk" and a revised website. Discord is in direct competition with invite-only chat app Clubhouse, which recently raised $100 million at a valuation of $1 billion. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/india-electric-vehicle-startups-charge-up-with-funding-as-ev-sales-go-up/articleshow/81643839.cms">India’s electric vehicle startups charge up with funding as everyone from the government to Mukesh Ambani and Elon Musk have their eyes on the sector</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/adani-green-energy-share-price-hit-upper-circuit-after-the-company-adds-two-renewable-energy-projects-to-its-kitty/articleshow/81627604.cms">Adani Green Energy shares hit upper circuit after the company adds two renewable energy projects to its kitty</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/kishore-biyani-vs-amazon-future-retail-gets-a-breather-for-now-as-delhi-high-court-gives-the-company-time-until-the-supreme-court-hearing/articleshow/81627752.cms">Future Retail gets a breather for now as Delhi High Court gives the company time until the Supreme Court hearing – markets celebrate the order</a>

Microsoft is eyeing the social media market with plans to reportedly acquire Discord for over $10 billion

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10387" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Microsoft">Microsoft</keyword> is in talks to buy <keyword id="451967" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="discord">Discord</keyword> for more than $10 billion, Bloomberg and NYT reported Tuesday.</li><li>The chat app boomed during the pandemic and now has more than 140 million monthly users.</li><li>Discord launched in 2015 for gamers to talk while they played, but has grown to a broader user base.</li></ul>Microsoft is considering buying Discord, the voice-chat and messaging app that has boomed in popularity during the pandemic, for more than $10 billion, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-23/microsoft-said-to-be-in-talks-to-buy-discord-for-more-than-10b?srnd=premium&amp;sref=lAVQtUwztUwz">Bloomberg</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/technology/microsoft-discord-deal.html?campaign_id=4&amp;emc=edit_dk_20210323&amp;instance_id=28361&amp;nl=dealbook&amp;regi_id=84864966&amp;segment_id=53992&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=fc3ab6d8555d7e14ad8ee93c51be2197b6d8555d7e14ad8ee93c51be2197">The New York Times</a> both reported Tuesday.Discord has held talks with Microsoft and other potential buyers, but no deal is imminent, people familiar with the matter told both publications."I know they are in active discussions with a select few parties," one source told <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/22/discord-exploring-sale-that-could-be-worth-more-than-10-billion/">GamesBeat</a>. "The market is in a state where they could command strong double-digit billions of dollars."Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-teams-mesh-chat-app-slack-2021-3">Microsoft's embrace of virtual reality is a clear sign that it's building its Teams chat app to be as major a platform as Microsoft Office itself</a>One of the people told Bloomberg said that Discord was more likely to go public than to sell itself.The reports of a possible acquisition come within a month of former Pinterest exec <a href="https://blog.discord.com/discord-welcomes-tomasz-marcinkowski-as-new-cfo-7781d049029">Tomasz Marcinkowski</a> joining Discord as its first-ever chief financial officer.Discord <a href="https://blog.discord.com/your-place-to-talk-a7ffa19b901b">raised $100 million</a> in a funding round in June, and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/technology/microsoft-discord-deal.html">The New York Times</a> reported that investors valued the app at $7 billion in December.Microsoft and Discord declined Bloomberg and The New York Times' request for comment.Both companies did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-discord">Discord</a>, which offers audio, video, and text chat on Mac, PC, iPhone, and Android devices, launched in 2015 for gamers to talk while they play, but has since grown to a broader user base.It has boomed during the pandemic, as more people have worked, played games, and socialized online, and it says it now has <a href="https://blog.discord.com/discord-welcomes-tomasz-marcinkowski-as-new-cfo-7781d049029">more than 140 million active monthly users</a>.The app is free, but users can upgrade to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-discord">Discord Nitro</a>, which gets you higher video quality, server boosting, a higher upload limit, enhanced quality live-streaming, and a custom Discord tag, <a href="https://discordapp.com/nitro">for $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year</a>.The app said its <a href="https://blog.discord.com/discord-welcomes-tomasz-marcinkowski-as-new-cfo-7781d049029">2020 revenue</a> topped $100 million.<h2>Microsoft investing big in gaming</h2>Acquiring Discord would be another major gaming-focused investment for Microsoft.In September, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-buys-bethesda-softworks-doom-skyrim-fallout-7-billion-2020-9">Microsoft said it was buying Bethesda Softworks' parent company, ZeniMax Media</a>, in a deal worth $7.5 billion.The deal brought all of Bethesda's game studios - which make blockbuster franchises such as "Doom," "The Elder Scrolls," and "Fallout" - under the Xbox Studios umbrella.Microsoft has been trying to buy other social-media sites to add to its $26.2 billion acquisition of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-buys-linkedin-2016-6">LinkedIn</a> in 2016. It said last summer that it was in talks with ByteDance to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-tiktok-acquisition-trump-cfius-faq-2020-8">buy TikTok's US operations</a>, and it also reportedly tried to buy <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-tried-buy-interest-billion-tech-biggest-deal-report-2021-2">Pinterest</a>, the photo-sharing app worth $51 billion, which would have been Microsoft's biggest deal yet.

Microsoft is in talks to buy chat app Discord for more than $10 billion, according to reports

Hello, friends. Investors, executives, and (basically) all Twitter aficionados are reacting to Elon Musk's purchase of the social media company, and many <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/as-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-succeeds-employee-exodus-may-follow-2022-4">employees aren't thrilled.</a>Let's dive in.If this was forwarded to you, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/10-things-in-tech">sign up here</a>. Download Insider's app – click <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id554260576">here for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freerange360.mpp.businessinsider">here for Android</a>.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/as-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-succeeds-employee-exodus-may-follow-2022-4"></a>1. It's official: Elon Musk is buying Twitter. After initially <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-chooses-poison-pill-defense-elon-musk-acquisition-offer-response-2022-4">resisting</a> Musk's takeover offer, the social media company has agreed to go private in a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-to-buy-twitter-board-accepts-44-billion-2022-4">$44 billion deal</a> that's expected to close in 2022. Here's what employees, investors, and others are saying: <ul><li>The deal <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/some-twitter-users-say-quitting-platform-over-elon-musk-deal-2022-4">set the internet ablaze</a>, with Binance, Mark Cuban, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Winklevoss twins all weighing in (many of whom <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-buyout-mark-cuban-a16z-winklevoss-2022-4">tweeted their support</a> for the social media giant's new owner). </li><li>Meanwhile, many employees aren't as thrilled. Some fear Musk's impulsive leadership style will have him forcing the company to act on "his hot takes" — and some are preparing for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/as-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-succeeds-employee-exodus-may-follow-2022-4">mass departures</a> after the announcement. </li><li>"It's all about Elon," one employee said. "There will be some sort of exodus event from those who do not approve of him." Here's what we learned from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-ceo-dodges-question-on-trump-returning-after-musk-deal-2022-4">an all-hands meeting yesterday.</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/as-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-succeeds-employee-exodus-may-follow-2022-4">Everything else employees told us.</a>In other news:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-the-metaverse-decentraland-axie-infinity-roblox-sandbox-facebook-2022-4"></a><div type="image" title="Illustrations depicting the 7 metaverses listed in the story" height="900" width="1200" msid="91099456" hostid="261"></div>2. We explored the hottest virtual worlds to find out what the metaverse is all about. We immersed ourselves in seven popular metaverses so we could bring you the good, the bad, and the ugly of each newfangled world. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-the-metaverse-decentraland-axie-infinity-roblox-sandbox-facebook-2022-4">Dive into Insider's Guide to the Metaverse.</a>3. War was the last thing on her mind. Now a Ukrainian startup founder is running her business from bomb shelters. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, 29-year-old Alyona Mysko was on the verge of taking Fuelfinance global. But since the war started, she's had to flee her home and figure out how to work from shelters. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/startup-founder-alyona-mysko-works-from-bomb-shelters-in-ukraine-2022-4">She explains how she's made it work.</a>4. People are using Tinder to sell insurance policies. In an online world where the boundaries are increasingly blurred, Tinder users say they've run into people trying to grow their client bases instead of going on dates. <a href="https://www.insider.com/social-media-tinder-for-work-linkedin-for-love-blurry-internet-2022-4">More on the dating app's blurry boundaries.</a> 5. A former Google recruiter shares how to land a job. Having worked with the company for five years, Jeff Sipe has a good idea of how to break in — including connecting with current employees and uploading a profile picture on your LinkedIn. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-hired-at-google-ex-recruiter-interview-tips-2022-4">Read his biggest job-hunting dos and don'ts.</a>6. SpaceX Starlink will work with a major airline to offer in-flight Wi-Fi. Hawaiian Airlines, in partnership with Elon Musk's internet service, will offer free Starlink internet onboard starting in 2023. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-signs-deal-hawaiian-airline-free-wifi-2022-4">Here's what you need to know.</a>7. There's a new CRO in town: the chief recruiting officer. This year, the software firm Gem hired early Facebook employee Richard Cho to lead recruiting, an uncommon move among startups. Here, Cho explains <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/startups-hiring-chief-recruiting-officers-to-win-the-talent-wars-2022-4">why companies need a chief recruiting officer.</a>8. A hacker stole $1 million worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs. The thief compromised the project's official Instagram account, and using a phishing link, swindled users out of their expensive NFTs. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/25/23041415/bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-hack-instagram?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4">The Verge has the latest.</a>Odds and ends:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-chevy-corvette-hybrid-general-motors-gm-2022-4"></a><div type="image" title="Electrified Corvette teaser image." height="1282" width="2564" msid="91099457" hostid="261"></div>9. Chevrolet just confirmed an all-electric Corvette is on the way. The fully electric sports car will follow a hybrid Chevrolet Corvette that's slated to debut in the next year, the company said. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-chevy-corvette-hybrid-general-motors-gm-2022-4">Watch a video of a prototype Corvette here.</a> 10. Facebook is opening its first-ever physical retail location. Dubbed the Meta Store, the brick-and-mortar location is designed to drum up interest in VR headsets and the metaverse, and will open near San Francisco next month. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-inside-the-meta-store-facebook-first-ever-retail-location-2022-4">Get a sneak peek at the Meta Store.</a>What we're watching today:<ul><li>Alphabet, Microsoft, and others are reporting earnings today. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/earnings-calendar">Keep up with earnings here.</a> </li><li>GamesBeat Summit <a href="https://venturebeat.com/category/games/">starts today.</a></li><li>The Financial Times' <a href="https://crypto.live.ft.com/home">Crypto and Digital Assets Summit</a> starts today. </li></ul>Keep updated with the latest <keyword id="6358815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tech" source="Orion">tech</keyword> news throughout your day by checking out<a href="https://link.chtbl.com/therefresh"> The Refresh from Insider,</a> a dynamic audio news brief from the Insider newsroom. <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/therefresh">Listen here.</a>Curated by Jordan Parker Erb in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email <a href="mailto:jerb@insider.com">jerb@insider.com</a> or tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanparkererb?lang=en">@jordanparkererb</a>.) Edited by Michael Cogley in London.

10 Things in Tech: Twitter enters its Musk era

Happy Tuesday, readers. Today we've got the latest on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-location-data-privacy-lawsuit-attorneys-general-dc-texas-ads-2022-1">a new lawsuit against Google</a>, and the surge in demand for the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-maverick-pickup-truck-orders-paused-summer-2022-1">Ford Maverick pickup</a>.Let's dive in.If this was forwarded to you, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/10-things-in-tech">sign up here</a>. Download Insider's app – click <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id554260576">here for iOS</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.freerange360.mpp.businessinsider">here for Android</a>.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-location-data-privacy-lawsuit-attorneys-general-dc-texas-ads-2022-1"></a>1. A new lawsuit claims Google tracks people's location without permission. Lawsuits from four attorneys general say the company uses deceptive and unfair practices to trick users into sharing their location data. <ul><li>The lawsuits allege Google deceived consumers by tracking their location — even if they had tried to turn off location history on their smartphones and web browsers. </li><li>Users' location data can be tracked by Google Search, Google Maps, YouTube, and more, the complaint says, even if location information isn't necessary for the app's functionality. </li><li>Google uses said data to gather information about where people go, like church or restaurants, to build digital identities and better target ads to them, according to the suits.</li><li>"Simply put, even when a user's mobile device is set to deny Google access to location data, the Company finds a way to continue to ascertain the user's location," one suit states. </li></ul><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-location-data-privacy-lawsuit-attorneys-general-dc-texas-ads-2022-1">Everything you need to know about the lawsuit.</a>In other news:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-reserve-inflaton-everything-bubble-economy-stock-market-debt-2022-1"></a><div type="image" title="Stock market trader new york" height="5773" width="7697" msid="89117452" hostid="261"></div>2. S&amp;P 500 plunged 3% ahead of <keyword id="6358815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tech" source="Orion">tech</keyword> earnings. The S&amp;P tumbled Monday, briefly <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-news-selloff-fed-meeting-tech-earnings-dow-nasdaq-2022-1">dropping into a correction</a> before rallying to close higher. The tumult comes just before Microsoft, Tesla, and Apple report their earnings later this week — and before a key Federal Reserve meeting that could push interest rates up and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-reserve-inflaton-everything-bubble-economy-stock-market-debt-2022-1">send the stock market into chaos.</a>3. Google's online shopping push is chipping away at Amazon's lead in e-commerce searches. A handful of updates to the search giant's shopping experience is leading to an increase in Google Shopping transactions — and taking valuable market share away from Amazon. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/google-shopping-ecommerce-boom-search-journey-amazon-shopping-prime-2022-1">What we know about consumers' move to Google Shopping.</a>4. Peloton just took another PR hit. After <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peloton-timeline-production-pause-layoffs-price-hikes-2022-1">a hellish month</a> for the fitness retailer, Peloton suffered another PR blow on Friday after a "Billions" character had a heart attack while using its bike. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peloton-takes-pr-hit-billions-character-suffers-heart-on-bike-2022-1">Here's what happened</a> (warning: there are "Billions" spoilers).5. Analysis: Elon Musk's relationship with China points to a dark future for Tesla. Musk relishes battles with US politicians and regulators, but in China — a growing part of Tesla's business — he'll do whatever it takes to stay in the government's good graces. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-china-xinjiang-uyghurs-dark-future-2022-1">More on Elon's dangerous game with Beijing.</a>6. Ford will stop taking orders for its Maverick pickup truck amid huge demand. Customers will be able to reserve one of the $20,000 Mavericks until Thursday evening. After that, the order books will be closed until sometime this summer. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-maverick-pickup-truck-orders-paused-summer-2022-1">Here's what you need to know.</a>7. Hulu's new chief has the "superpower" to reshape the streamer, insiders say. Disney+ exec Joe Earley was named Hulu's president just two years before Disney and Comcast's joint ownership of the company is set to end — and sources say <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hulu-president-joe-earley-disney-comcast-untangle-shared-ownership-streamer-2022-1">he's the right person to lead Hulu through its next phase.</a> 8. Apple is reportedly prepping its "widest array" of new products for this fall. Bloomberg first reported that Apple could be readying four new iPhones, the new Mac Pro, three Apple Watches, and a slew of other devices. <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-is-preparing-its-widest-array-of-new-products-this-fall-report-says/">What we could see from Apple this year.</a>9. Celebrities are diving into the metaverse. For Snoop Dogg, it's the <a href="https://www.sandbox.game/en/snoopdogg/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=mNI4DUbk2do_OnIGvKueMcktV_PiWjMdATRJlVo_4lg-1643062947-0-gaNycGzNCNE">"Snoopverse,"</a> a virtual space for concerts, pool parties, shopping, and more. For Paris Hilton, it's "Paris World," a virtual island built within Roblox. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-metaverse-hype-snoop-dogg-paris-hilton-snoopverse-2022-1">See A-listers' takes on the metaverse.</a>10. Twitter has suspended a bot that spoiled the next day's Wordle answer. "The Wordlinator," an account that automatically replied to players' tweets and spoiled the next day's answer — and derided the person posting — has been taken down. <a href="https://www.insider.com/twitter-suspended-wordlinator-spoiled-wordle-answers-2022-1">What we know about the spoiler bot.</a>What we're watching today:<ul><li>Microsoft, General Electric, Verizon, and others are reporting earnings today. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/earnings-calendar">Keep up with earnings here. </a></li><li>The <a href="https://5gconference.eu/">European 5G Conference</a> is being held virtually today and tomorrow. </li><li>The GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming Summit <a href="https://events.venturebeat.com/gamesbeatandfacebooksummit/">takes place virtually today.</a></li></ul>Event invite: Join us on Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. ET for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/webinar-rise-of-social-shopping-and-the-creator-economy-2021-12">a live webinar</a> on what to expect from the creator economy and the rise of social commerce in 2022. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/webinar-rise-of-social-shopping-and-the-creator-economy-2021-12">Register here. </a>Curated by Jordan Parker Erb in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email <a href="mailto:jerb@insider.com">jerb@insider.com</a> or tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanparkererb?lang=en">@jordanparkererb</a>.) Edited by Michael Cogley in London.

10 things in tech you need to know today

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><ul><li>Instagram has taken down a video posted by news outlet ProPublica, saying it was in violation of its rules. The video identified members of a white supremacist group, saying it violates its rules.</li><li>The takedown sparked immediate criticism of how the Facebook-owned app polices content, and highlights how social networks often struggle with how to deal with newsworthy content that touches on sensitive or political topics.&#xa0;</li><li>ProPublica's editor-in-chief told Business Insider: "A platform that censors journalism because it cannot distinguish between racist rants and investigative reporting clearly needs to review its procedures."</li></ul> Instagram has deleted a video shared on the social network by non-profit news outlet ProPublica. The video identified members of a white violent supremacist group, saying the footage violates its terms of service.The video shared what it said was the real names, locations, and criminal histories of a group called RAM. Its takedown highlights how tech platforms can struggle with how to handle newsworthy content on its platform, and has sparked immediate condemnation of how Instagram, and its parent company Facebook, moderate photos and videos."A platform that censors journalism because it cannot distinguish between racist rants and investigative reporting clearly needs to review its procedures. This is absurd,"&#xa0;ProPublica editor-in-chief Steve Engelberg tells Business Insider.&#xa0;Instagram did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.The video was originally shared to Instagram in October 2017, but Instagram only took action against it on Thursday,&#xa0; telling ProPublica that it violated its "Community Guidelines."Lucas Waldron, an employee at ProPublica, shared a screenshot of the takedown message on Twitter, adding: "Today @instagram decided to delete a @ProPublica post from Oct. 2017 that used footage from violent protests to identify members of a white supremacist group. The company provided no information on how to appeal and the post is now completely scrubbed from our account."So what's in the video? Along with footage and information about the alleged group members, it shows some&#xa0;footage of violence at a far-right protest, and there are some instances of profanity. One man on the video says he is "a big fan of the fourteen" - a reference to the "Fourteen Words," a notorious white supremacist slogan.It's not clear which of Instagram's rules the video allegedly violated.&#xa0;One possibility is that the video was deemed to have broken Instagram's rules against sharing people's personal information in some circumstances: "We remove content that ... targets private individuals to degrade or shame them, [and] personal information meant to blackmail or harass someone," according to Instagram's terms of service.The other possibility is that is that a moderator decided it violated Instagram's rules around hate speech, which say "it's never OK to encourage violence or attack anyone based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, disabilities, or diseases." However, the terms also say: "When hate speech is being shared to challenge it or to raise awareness, we may allow it."Either way, Instagram's move drew ire from critics, even as it sparked new debates over the role of free speech on social media.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Ali Winston, a fellow at media organisation The Investigative Fund, <a href="https://twitter.com/awinston/status/1009926630293164034">commented on Twitter</a>: "Dear [Facebook] - you'll happily act as an organizing platform for Fascists - but god forbid we report on such groups and identify members who commit felonies.""Social media companies deciding that 'doxxing' [sharing personal information] is bad when it's used against fascists, and not four years ago when it was used by the fascists to gain power, is about as predictably disgusting as it gets," <a href="https://twitter.com/RowanKaiser/status/1009902494007218177">wrote GamesBeat editor Rowan Kaiser</a>."Just so we are clear, Facebook owns Instagram. The same lack of transparency and incoherent rules governing speech apply," <a href="https://twitter.com/kreissdaniel/status/1009919278013927424">wrote Daniel Kreiss</a>, an associate professor at UNC School of Media and Journalism.&#xa0;Facebook has been repeatedly criticised over its content moderation policies over the years and its failure to account for newsworthy content. In one notable incident in 2016, it blocked a legendary, Pullitzer-prize winning photo of a young girl during the Vietnam War, resulting in the temporary<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-censors-norway-prime-minister-erna-solberg-napalm-girl-vietnam-photo-aftenposten-2016-9">&#xa0;censorship of the prime minister of Norway.</a>Earlier in 2018, <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/facebook-publishes-community-standards-moderators-2018-4">it officially published its full community standards for the first time</a> in an attempt to shed more light on how it makes content moderation decisions.Instagram's actions come just days after another incident between ProPublica and Facebook. On June 15,<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-new-screening-system-flags-the-wrong-ads-as-political"> ProPublica published a story revealing how</a> Facebook's new pro-transparency advertising rules were blocking some legitimate news outlets from paying to promote news stories about <keyword id="6358883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="politics">politics</keyword>, while some clear political advertisements are slipping through the cracks.<h2>Here's the full ProPublica video on YouTube:</h2>&#xa0;<div></div><div></div> <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-siri-sucks-2018-5">Why Siri sucks</a></h3> <div> </div> </div></hr>

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