Facebook’s image-based social media platform Instagram is cracking down on conversion therapy content, declaring that it will ban any content that promotes this
Facebook’s image-based social media platform Instagram is cracking down on conversion therapy content, declaring that it will ban any content that promotes this unscientific practice. The platform’s policies are being updated to include a global ban on any posts promotes or otherwise advertises conversion therapy, Instagram has confirmed.
The pseudo-scientific practice known as ‘conversion therapy’ is often religiously motivated and typically involves unfounded, often harmful activities that attempt to change the victim’s sexuality. Major health and psychology associations have denounced the practice, which is illegal in some places.
Activists have been calling on Instagram to ban conversion therapy promotion on the platform following population attention directed at Core Issues Trust, the account belonging to a religious UK-based non-profit.
