Users say harassment is rampant on Instagram, and some employees say efforts to stem it are not funded well or prioritized
When Brandon Farbstein first joined Instagram in 2014, he was 14 and optimistic. Farbstein was born with a rare form of dwarfism, and he wanted to use … Tweets: @elcush , @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @kerrymflynn , and @aworkinglibrary Tweets: Ellen Cushing / @elcush : One particularly troubling observation from @TaylorLorenz's deep dive into harassment on Instagram: How trolls use the platform to threaten people who have made sexual assault allegations in an especially intimate, claustrophobic, and terrifying way https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... pic.twitter.com/sX6hhoBYs4 Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : I guess a bunch of people read a short post I did on teens/bullying from last week that was just spillover from my reporting for this feature, and they think this is the same story essentially. It's not! http://www.theatlantic.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : I spoke to users from all walks of life about the vile, relentless harassment they experience on Instagram, and several current/former Instagram employees who say the company isn't doing enough to protect users from harassment http://www.theatlantic.com/... Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn : Taylor with on Instagram. One thing that disgusts me the most about that company is how much they — especially Kevin in 2016 — talked about how they want Insta to be the nicest place in the Internet. Guess what? It's not. http://twitter.com/... Mandy Brown / @aworkinglibrary : do pinterest next http://twitter.com/...