How to mix politics with your Threads

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You can't really blame Meta's executives for wanting to limit the amount of political yelling on Instagram and Threads. That stuff can get pretty toxic. As a result, both of Meta's social networks now limit what Meta terms political content" from people you are not following.

However, if you are a Threads or Instagram user and you want to be exposed to posts likely to mention governments, elections, or social topics that affect a group of people and/or society at large" (which is how Meta describes it), you can still do it by opting in to political content. The only thing that may be a little confusing is that you have to opt in within the Instagram app - even if you are mainly using Threads.

Here's how:

• On your mobile device, go to...

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