Instagram Seen Blocking #Sikh Hashtag Yet Again for Some Users

Instagram seems to have blocked the hashtag #sikh on its platform for a short period of time, some users have complained on Twitter. The blocking comes just over five months after Facebook and Instagram were seen restricting the #sikh hashtag for a number of users. Instagram at that time responded to user complaints and stated that the said hashtag was “mistakenly blocked” in early March.As per the user reports, the #sikh hashtag isn’t searchable on Instagram. Some users have also reported that the blocking is in place on Facebook as well.Seems like the #Sikh hashtag is not searchable again on @instagram, but it does seem to show me one article about Hindu and Sikh Refugees in India returning to Pakistan due to financial hardships and no progress on Indian citizenship ????????‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/gOe0k3s9Ad— Jindi Singh KA (@jindisinghka) November 28, 2020Instagram has blocked the #Sikh hashtag yet again saying recent posts were low quality/did not meet the community guidelines aka they don’t want to make the ultranationalists in India upset. Same thing happened months back, plus they’ve censored thousands of sikh accounts on FB.— HC (@Harmin87) November 28, 2020Gadgets 360 was able to independently verify the user reports about the blocking of…
Read More