{"id":42713,"date":"2020-07-10T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2647466"},"modified":"2020-07-10T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T20:00:00","slug":"instagram-expands-policy-banning-promotion-of-conversion-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/10\/instagram-expands-policy-banning-promotion-of-conversion-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram expands policy banning promotion of conversion therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">Accounts that repeatedly break the rules could be disabled.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-images%2F2020-07%2F78042970-c2d6-11ea-b7b5-382289fbfd72&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=b4626325390895707e60a2b90e310781efadd2e1\" alt=\"BRAZIL - 2019\/12\/11: In this photo illustration the Instagram logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Instagram%20expands%20policy%20banning%20promotion%20of%20conversion%20therapy;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Instagram will no longer allow any kind of post that promotes conversion therapy. The app is expanding its policy, which already banned the promotion of conversion therapy in paid ads, to include organic posts as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after users in the UK called on the company to ban a widely criticized UK-based organization that promotes gay conversion therapy. Instagram<a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/cnn\/2020\/07\/10\/tech\/instagram-conversion-therapy-ban-scli-intl-gbr\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;told CNN<\/a>&nbsp;that it had removed some of the group&rsquo;s posts as part of its new policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>A company spokesperson confirmed the new rules to Engadget, and said that while the company won&#8217;t be banning specific organizations, it will remove posts that break its rules and that repeat offenders could have their accounts disabled.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t allow attacks against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity and are updating our policies to ban the promotion of conversion therapy services,&rdquo; an Instagram spokesperson said in a statement. &ldquo;We are always reviewing our policies and will continue to consult with experts and people with personal experiences to inform our approach.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/cnn\/2020\/07\/10\/tech\/instagram-conversion-therapy-ban-scli-intl-gbr\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/cnn.com\/cnn\/2020\/07\/10\/tech\/instagram-conversion-therapy-ban-scli-intl-gbr\/index.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Karissa Bell<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Karissa Bell<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Accounts that repeatedly break the rules could be disabled. Instagram will no longer allow any kind of post that promotes conversion therapy. The app is expanding its policy, which already banned the promotion of conversion therapy in paid ads, to include organic posts as well.&nbsp; The move comes after users in the UK called on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/10\/instagram-expands-policy-banning-promotion-of-conversion-therapy\/\">Continue reading <span>Instagram expands policy banning promotion of conversion therapy<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/10\/instagram-expands-policy-banning-promotion-of-conversion-therapy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Instagram expands policy banning promotion of conversion therapy - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/10\/instagram-expands-policy-banning-promotion-of-conversion-therapy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Instagram expands policy banning promotion of conversion therapy - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Accounts that repeatedly break the rules could be disabled. 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