Instagram Banned Bitcoin

[vv181]

Any sources or, especially, the banned account in question?

The referred sources on the second post did not even mention which and who is getting banned. Another important thing is the content itself does not get any exposure. I know it's getting banned, but at least the author of the content should explain which kind of post it looks like.

One thing I am aware, Instagram has recently had some controversy, relating to wrongfully labelled translations, they may also wrongfully restrict some content here. If they have a policy regarding cryptocurrency-related restrictions, most companies in this sector should also get banned. Currently, it seems there isn't any.

[hyudien]

This is shocking news for the Bitcoin banned by Instagram. From its platform, the conversation about Bitcoin and Bitcoin was hidden by Instagram. Until now, Instagram has not given an official statement about this, but there are several users who have started to be affected. Why do you think it is? Is it because Libra and Diem that the project failed or was it ordered by SC or the revenge of the Winklevos brothers who are rich from Bitcoin. Instagram is clearly a platform that does not support freedom of speech and only displays content according to the algorithm they want. What do you think guys ?

Instagram ban on Bitcoin may be motivated by the Libra Mark not being authorized or not running well. So Meta finally expressed his dislike for Bitcoin. But will this impact Bitcoin if Instagram makes room? I don't care about Instagram, that social media has lost its existence with the increasing popularity of other social media which are much freer regarding advances in digital asset technology, especially regarding Bitcoin adoption news, etc. Just think about what we should discuss on Instagram? and I prefer not to involve Bitcoin there. Bitcoin influencers still have topics they can discuss and the place is definitely not Instagram.

[DaveF]

As I have been saying for a while, if you follow any kind of financial advice from instagram, facebook, twitter, reddit, this forum. You are an idiot and deserve to loose all your money.

There is no vetting, there is no accounting, there is no proof. And now, it's gotten so bad that corporations have to step in to police their users since people are loosing money and their lawyers and the government are looking for easy targets to blame. So they are cutting off everyone. It's easier then dealing with it on a case by case basis.

-Dave

[Miles2006]

One thing have observe about social media facebook, Instagram, they always keep to their community rules and standards. People talking about scammers and how they have invested there bitcoin on an unreliable platform. So I believe the ban of cryptocurrency on Instagram is as a result of Scammers misleading people,newbie precisely. But with or without Instagram, bitcoin still gain ground. Besides I see no reason why people discuss bitcoin on Instagram, Instagram is a place where celebrity and people showcase there lives and have fun.

[reagansimms]

I don't want to care about Instagram's very cynical view of Bitcoin, Bitcoin is still Bitcoin even if Instagram doesn't support its existence. There is not much that the more dominant Platforms can do with images and videos that are very short in duration. I don't really like the Instagram service, so I haven't installed it until now. Bitcoin will continue to grow even if Instagram does not support its presence.

[Z_MBFM]

This is shocking news for the Bitcoin banned by Instagram. From its platform, the conversation about Bitcoin and Bitcoin was hidden by Instagram. Until now, Instagram has not given an official statement about this, but there are several users who have started to be affected. Why do you think it is? Is it because Libra and Diem that the project failed or was it ordered by SC or the revenge of the Winklevos brothers who are rich from Bitcoin. Instagram is clearly a platform that does not support freedom of speech and only displays content according to the algorithm they want. What do you think guys ?

instagram is a part of meta and here most different celebrities post their pictures. Instagram is popular only for posting pictures. this is probably why Meta has banned Bitcoin related discussion posts from their Instagram platform. but Meta's other platforms like Facebook, Threads, WhatsApp have not banned cryptocurrencies yet. Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg himself supports Bitcoin so I'm still confused why he banned Bitcoin from Instagram. Maybe he doesn't want to put anything other than just a picture of a person there.

[kryptqnick]

I don't use Instagram, but it's a big platform, so a ban like that would be a significant thing. But honestly, I can't find any reasonable confirmation of an official ban. The info about the ban seens to come from a post on Binance (which doesn't refer to any sources and is just a post by a user), and a short tweet which, once again, has zero sources to back it up.
Protection against crypto scams is important, and I think that the social media platforms need to do a better job at preventing scams from gaining a large audience, but as for Bitcoin discussions in general, that's a different thing, although Instagram doesn't feel like a great platform for such discussions to me, just as to some other people in this thread.
For now, the whole thing seems like misinformation.

[bbigtart]

This is shocking news for the Bitcoin banned by Instagram. From its platform, the conversation about Bitcoin and Bitcoin was hidden by Instagram. Until now, Instagram has not given an official statement about this, but there are several users who have started to be affected. Why do you think it is? Is it because Libra and Diem that the project failed or was it ordered by SC or the revenge of the Winklevos brothers who are rich from Bitcoin. Instagram is clearly a platform that does not support freedom of speech and only displays content according to the algorithm they want. What do you think guys ?

Indeed, the recent news is surprising, crypto investors can no longer post about Bitcoin on Instagram on October 6.

Instagram reportedly prohibits users from posting about Bitcoin, several creators said that content related to Bitcoin was taken down or deleted by Instagram, including when searching #bitcoin, there is also information that Instagram is hiding content. This restriction is probably to protect Instagram users from the spread of scams and fraud.

But Instagram rules have long prohibited advertising or promotions related to Ico and have special regulations for crypto products and services so far Bitcoin content on Instagram investments is not taken. So it seems that as long as the content shared is useful, there is no sales element and it is not misleading, it should still be safe. .

From here we can judge that it is clear that Twitter is better for the crypto community than Instagram.

[abel1337]

I don't use instagram that much anymore that's why I personally isn't affected by this but surely there are people or company that are affected by this bitcoin post ban. Instagram is under Meta so I'm speculating that facebook is next? This is the reason why we need a somehow decentralized online platform or something that is open to cryptocurrency like twitter. I'm just skeptical of the primary reason of instagram for the ban that it is for the community protection. I wonder if they will lift this ban soon.

[DdmrDdmr]

From what I’ve managed to see, it’s not an really a ban on Bitcoin to date, but rather it seems that some accounts have been banned (temporalily or, I’m not sure is some, permanently) having allegedly generated content related to bitcoin. Unless anyone has seen otherwise, the amount of cases seems scarce, and is therefore not a norm, nor do we know the specifics that lead to those bans.

There are surely more bans on Bitcointalk of people whose posts are versing on Bitcoin than on Instagram to date, but unless we know the reasons behind we can’t really understand what’s going on (i.e. there are thousands of accounts banned on Bitcointalk talking about bitcoin … for plagiarizing or scamming).

[Negotiation]

I don't use and don't like Instagram so any such information will not affect they may think that this initiative has been taken so that no one can cheat the users using the Instagram medium. Referring to an ad with this title Instagram says that buying bitcoins will not be allowed. There will be no impact on bitcoin will grow at its own pace bitcoin and several other leading cryptocurrencies are gaining interest here. Many more cryptocurrencies are being launched in this opportunity even if Instagram doesn't support it the demand for bitcoin will remain the same and continue to grow.

[Plaguedeath]

I'm surprised to see Instagram banned Bitcoin, but I'm very very surprised to see most of replies in this thread that say they're not use or never use Instagram

Most of posts related to Bitcoin in Instagram are either old or cringe or scam, but there are many scams using fiat too and they didn't ban post discuss about fiat 

[summonerrk]

This is shocking news for the Bitcoin banned by Instagram. From its platform, the conversation about Bitcoin and Bitcoin was hidden by Instagram. Until now, Instagram has not given an official statement about this, but there are several users who have started to be affected. Why do you think it is? Is it because Libra and Diem that the project failed or was it ordered by SC or the revenge of the Winklevos brothers who are rich from Bitcoin. Instagram is clearly a platform that does not support freedom of speech and only displays content according to the algorithm they want. What do you think guys ?

This dreary social network for narcissists and those who worship things and appearance has once again proved that they are on the path of regression. Obviously, if Instagram is managed by Meta, then Zuckerberg will also ban posts about Bitcoin on Facebook. But I don't care, I don't use any of these boring social networks. I see many examples when people and organizations change their attitude to Bitcoin to a positive one, such as Kiyosaki. And of course this is the right decision.

[ZAINmalik75]

I don't use Instagram and I am not aware of their ban against Bitcoin and conversation about Bitcoin. Reading your post, I would like to find announcement from Instagram but I got this Binance feed.

Instagram Bans Bitcoin Posts : New Controversy Unfolds

It happened two weeks ago.
Instagram suspend accounts for posting about Bitcoin.

Only Bitcoin, but still allows shit coins. They did a right thing and great job to block a best cryptocurrency while allows many scam coins on their media platform.

Thanks for providing the links, you saved some time, hypothetically speaking this is not a good act as you have already said, because in no way this is going to help them and to be honest, I think OP is not sure if the main reason of banning those users is only due to BTC. Because they might have violated some rules and that might have got them banned. Wait a second, this is not the case, few days back when the Hamas and Israel war started, those accounts, which supported the Hamas or Palestine got banned after updating the Instagram.

I already read that post and did not updated my Instagram, even though I did not made any posts against Israel or in support of Hamas or Palestine. But still, the main reason might be that.

They should really have not banned such posts because cryptocurrency has no bad impact on them, but as op said, Instagram does not support freedom of speech and BTC is totally opposite of it that's why they wants to ban such posts but I am still seeing many shitcoins posts daily.

[cafter]

I don’t use Instagram for anything crypto or Bitcoin related. It’s full of fake ads.
I saw an ad once where someone claimed to be able to predict crypto prices with 100% success Posting on Telegram. I thought that was pretty shady.
There are also some shady ads out there. Some people post basic stuff about Bitcoin just to get followers and make some money by selling their courses. I don’t follow any of those, but I do follow some reliable news sites.

[leonair]

I don't use instagram that much anymore that's why I personally isn't affected by this but surely there are people or company that are affected by this bitcoin post ban. Instagram is under Meta so I'm speculating that facebook is next? This is the reason why we need a somehow decentralized online platform or something that is open to cryptocurrency like twitter. I'm just skeptical of the primary reason of instagram for the ban that it is for the community protection. I wonder if they will lift this ban soon.

Instagram is not a good medium to promote bitcoin so even if instagram bans bitcoin it will not affect bitcoin. Most of the posts and discussions about Bitcoin are on Twitter and Reddit, so even if Facebook bans Bitcoin, there will be no shortage of Bitcoin promotion. I don't use Instagram either so I'm not surprised Instagram bans Bitcoin. Instagram is a beauty house, so only pictures of girls are suitable here, not bitcoins ha ha 

[Dimitri94]

This is shocking news for the Bitcoin banned by Instagram. From its platform, the conversation about Bitcoin and Bitcoin was hidden by Instagram. Until now, Instagram has not given an official statement about this, but there are several users who have started to be affected. Why do you think it is? Is it because Libra and Diem that the project failed or was it ordered by SC or the revenge of the Winklevos brothers who are rich from Bitcoin. Instagram is clearly a platform that does not support freedom of speech and only displays content according to the algorithm they want. What do you think guys ?

As far as I know, Bitcoin is banned because of scammers who use it to scam investors. And then the banning of cryptocurrencies on Instagram started when ICOs' projects were trending. So we can't blame the Instagram platform either.

They just removed the clutter that Instagram thinks is polluting their social media platform. The only thing that is not really good is that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that have been in this industry for a long time are being misused.

Some scammers want to take huge advantage by using it for promoting which is not allowed for Instagram platform. So I don't anxious if they ban it. Instagram is a good platform for photo sharing where they can stop spamming activity if they deserve it. I have seen some Twitter accounts banned in 2020 who promoted ICO. But it wasn't for everyone. Some specific accounts that behaved suspiciously. I think Bitcoin has no problem with that. Because the truth is that Instagram is not a suitable platform for Bitcoin discussions. But the popularity of Bitcoin may allow it to be re-active even after a period of restrictions.

[puloweh555]

Indeed, this is surprising news for Instagram users to ban Bitcoin from their platform. The conversation about Bitcoin was hidden by Instagram until now Instagram has not provided an official statement on this matter.

But there are already several users who seem to be starting to be affected by this ban. Could it be because Libra and Diem's project failed, or because it was ordered by the SEC or the revenge of the Winkleos who got rich from Bitcoin. For me it's okay that the more bitcoin is banned the more popular it becomes.

But what is clear is that Instagram is a platform that does not support freedom of speech and only displays content according to the algorithm they want. This is very different from X (twitter) which emphasizes freedom of speech. The question is whether Facebook will also follow Instagram which banned bitcoin?

[topbitcoin]

I don't know the background of why Instagram banned anything related to bitcoin, this raises a lot of contraception that is very unclear why they banned anything related to bitcoin, but I just checked several accounts related to bitcoin, such as @bitcoinmagazine and @bitcoin.conference, their posts are still there and still complete I think, some information as well as bitcoin hastags in the sentences conveyed in their posts are also still on their Instagram accounts.

From the news of the ban, I don't know which posts have been deleted by instagram, but overall this does not have any effect on bitcoin itself either on the market or in increasing its adoption, after all I am quite sure that it is very rare for active people on instagram to trade bitcoin.

[Crypto Library]

Since I don't use Instagram that much, even when I open an account, it doesn't even get logged in. But from what I saw from some sources many scammers use instagram to promote their projects etc, if this is the reason for banning bitcoin or crypto currency related posts then I think not bad.
Moreover, I don't have any headache with these decisions of Facebook, x(Twitter) Instagram etc social media. Because they take these decisions whether they are pressured by other rules or regulations or for their own profit. So I don't think any of these reasons will have a big effect on our Bitcoin market.