Instagram 12+

I WOULD GIVE ZERO STARS IF POSSIBLE

this app has gotten worse from a user experience for the past 3 years. the main two ill focus on is the comment system and the content, the comment system has slowly been more and more restrictive over the years and is at its worse now. with almost EVERY comment i make it gets taken down for spam without the ability to appeal the decision. the system has clearly been taken over by AI that flags every post from “repeat offenders” yet allows clearly racist comments, content and hatred. going into to content the recommended reels are ALWAYS sexual with this recent update no matter what my explore page looks like and after clicking not interested those reels stay the same. this same system pushes sexual content of both adult and minors without any repercussions, many times my explore has forced these pages of minors in swim suits to the front page, blocking multiple accounts reporting the pages and clicking not interested works but, the fact the system decides whenever it wants to force feed you content that very clearly goes against the terms is weird. the unclear and vague removals of comments has made the app less fun as a user.

I have had troubles with the music feature on instagram for MONTHS now. I am not able to use any music other than the few automatically shown ones that are there when I click the option, and all the songs are in some foreign language or they're instrumentals of some sort. I am not able to search for any song whatsoever as it will just tell me there are no results every time. A couple months ago, i was still at least able to save a song if someone sent it to me, then go to saved music, and use it through that. But now the problem has worsened and I am not even able to save any music nor see/use any of the music i had saved before this was an issue. I have reported this problem to instagram multiple times over the course of about 5 or 6 months and they have yet to respond in any sort of way, let alone fix the problem. I know i'm not the only one dealing with this as i've seen in reviews, as well as on other social medias such as twitter, that there have been a good amount of other people dealing with the same issues. This problem has been aggravating and upsetting, and the fact that i and many others have tried to reach instagram to fix this issue, yet have not even been addressed, only adds to those emotions. The music was one of, if not THE most used feature for me on instagram. I have tried multiple methods on my own to resolve this issue but nothing has worked. Hoping instagram can get to the bottom of this sooner rather than later.

11,000 termed employees no longer having to keep the evil META user data collection and sales a secret, but really would FB allow these reviews to be updated/deleted? Please delete those fake reviews! Please everyone find another app!

Also this app can track your data and control your phone in the background. Using latest updated iOS on a brand new iPhone 13! Even if in your settings cellular data is turned off for instagram AND background app refresh is also turned off!! Instagram will turn on cellular data for other apps in your settings while phone is locked and screen is black, it will use huge amounts of CPU data even when the app is closed and cellular data is turned off...what could it be using 50-60% of your battery for when cellular data is turned off? It is literally adjusting your settings without your knowledge and combing through your personal information. It is also tracking what other apps you are using on your phone. If you want to upload pictures or videos to instagram, then you have to give it access to camera and microphone, which IG uses to listen/watch your voice conversations, text and voice messages, and all camera/photos. No data on your phone is confidential and hidden from instagram while the app is installed. you may not have anything to hide, that seems like a convenient way to just give up and allow them to steal your information.