Culture is evolving into this highly censored medium and I don't think that does justice to our imaginations. Originally, the birth of the internet felt like a positive move away from galleries and publishers holding all the cards.
There are two things that really fall foul of censorship. One is politics, and the other is sexuality. The shadow ban is particularly murky, making it hard for artists to know when they cross a boundary.
If, as an artist, you know what the parameters are, and Instagram is upfront about their censorship rules, you can choose not to put your work in that arena. But because it feels arbitrary, it's hard to know the moral or sexual boundaries.
While many of these arbitrary decisions happen on an automated level, their boundaries and behaviour are ultimately set by individuals. We don't know who is deciding this.
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