Donald Trump Jr. furious with Instagram over warning message to users searching his name

Donald Trump Jr. is furious with Instagram because he says the social media platform issued a warning to users searching his name.

After noticing a massive loss of followers in the past few weeks, President Trump’s oldest son claimed to have discovered a warning message issued to Instagram users and expressed his outrage in a post to the platform Friday night.

“REALLY?!?! Are you fricken kidding me? @zuck this is insane,” he wrote. “I get that my 3 year old Chloe can be pretty aggressive as are a few of my humorous memes, but this is ridiculous. If this account ‘could cause harm and even lead to death’ we have serious problems.”

He tagged Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, which owns Instagram.


The message that Trump Jr. is referencing said: “Posts with words or tags you’re searching for often encourage behavior that can cause harm and even lead to death. If you’re going through something difficult, we’d like to help.”

When the Washington Examiner attempted to replicate what Trump Jr.’s video shows in a search for his name, the warning message did not show up.

Instagram didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment by USA Today, which was the first to report the message.

Trump Jr. often posts photos of his family on Instagram, along with his thoughts on politics and the media.

Some social media platforms have been subject to criticism by Republicans over alleged censorship of conservative content, including Facebook, which prompted the company to commit to an internal review.

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