Maintaining an Instagram account has not aligned with the values of Fonts In Use staff, especially as the platform undermines important web principles such as hyperlinks, archival functionality, and community connections. While over 28,000 followers appreciated the content, ongoing compromises have become too significant. The company has highlighted various serious moral issues associated with Instagram and Meta, including privacy invasion, psychological manipulation, and even complicity in severe global issues. This acknowledgment emphasizes a rejection of passive complicity and a reminder about the implications of users' engagement with the platform.
Instagram and its parent company, Meta, have been involved in countless issues related to the invasion of privacy, psychological manipulation, unauthorized surveillance, corporate fraud, employee exploitation, security breaches, censorship, negative environmental impacts, copyright infringement, moderation negligence, and conscious facilitation of everything from housing discrimination to literal genocide.
Rejecting passivity in the face of moral concerns reveals that enjoying a simple scroll through posts overlooks deeper systemic issues related to Meta's operations.
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