The suspension, which lasted approximately 3 hours before his account was reinstated, was explained by Instagram senior directors in an internal leaked memo that his content was deemed “too socialist,” and goes against current national US interest.

Wow, that is blatant. McCarthyism all over again.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 28 points 2 months ago

"We can't have another FDR!" - Republicans, for decades and still

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It sure is weird how only one sketchy website is running this story. 20+ hours after a politician was supposedly censored due to a leaked memo, nobody else cares?

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Damn, you're right. This isn't covered by anyone. Only other mention of it i could find was on a blogpost.

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Worse, the story has been confirmed to be fake: https://www.theverge.com/news/713385/zohran-mamdani-instagram-suspended-debunk

[–] lenny@feddit.org 11 points 2 months ago

The website isn't even a month old. Registered On: 2025-06-29 https://www.whois.com/whois/nycjournals.com

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

Only so many shiny things can be covered per day.

[–] legion02@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Meta has always been right. Did everyone forget Cambridge Analytica?

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Disgusting.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

It’s nice to see they mentioned Mastodon!