In a post on (where else?) Threads, Mosseri said the company will be shifting away from its opt-in requirement for users to see political content. Instead, political content will be recommended by default, and users will have the ability to adjust the fire hose with three different settings options: less, standard, and more.

In a move users are calling "embarrassing" and lacking "courage," Instagram and Threads head Adam Mosseri announced that the platforms will be recommending political content to users once again.

Users of Threads and Instagram will no longer be able to avoid seeing political content from accounts they don’t follow.As per BBC, Meta claims this change is part of its shift towards promoting “free expression.

As part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to limiting political content

Threads and Instagram users will no longer be able to opt out of being shown political content from people they do not follow, parent company Meta has announced. The firm says its part of its reorientation towards "free expression" - a move that saw it ditch fact checkers on Tuesday.

Under Meta’s ‘More Speech and Fewer Mistakes’ moderation overhaul, the Instagram boss says their default settings will reset to enable recommendations of political content from people you don’t follow.