Meta has apologised for adding “terrorist” to the biographies of some Instagram users describing themselves as Palestinian.

Several Meta products were affected by an issue that caused inappropriate Arabic translations for a short period of time.

“We apologize deeply for what happened.”

Additionally, the platform has been accused of suppressing content voicing support for Palestinians during the Israel-Gaza conflict.

It has been reported that some Instagram users have been “shadow banned” for posting pro-Palestinian posts. In this case, the platform intervenes to prevent posts from appearing in other people’s feeds.

There have been fewer views on 24-hour posts on Stories referencing the conflict and their accounts can’t be found as easily in search.

Despite admitting there was a bug that affected Stories, the tech giant said the issue was unrelated to the subject matter.

It has been well documented that Meta suppressed content that supported the Palestinian cause in the past.

Human Rights Watch accused Instagram of removing videos, pictures, and commentary about the crisis in May 2021.

As a result, the social media firm removed posts containing “hate speech or symbols” and changed its algorithm, but it led Meta to commission an independent review into its moderation of the 2021 Israel-Palestinian conflict content.