Content Actioned Under Hate Speech Violations on Instagram

Source: Meta. Transparency Report: Hate Speech (June 2022)
Topic: Illegal Content
Reference year: 2019-2022
Geographical area: Global
Method: Self-reporting
Link to original document: transparency.facebook.com
The chart shows the number pieces of content actioned under hate speech violations on Instagram over the period October 2019 - March 2022. The data shows a significant increase of hate speech violations that were found and actioned on by Instagram during the monitoring period, with a pick in the second quarter of 2021, when 9.8 million of pieces of content were actioned on. In the first quarter of 2022, the volume of content actioned on is significantly lower (3.4 million of pieces of content).