As of late Instagram has been in the hotseat of the Internet Spotlight but not because some of the most beautiful women post their pictures there or because of that awesome new trend, instead theyâre in the hot seat due to their increase in âShadowbanningâ and theyâre lack of acknowledging where theyâve been in the wrong.  What is âShadowbanningâ, you may ask? Well, this is the definition I found on our dear old friend, Google. Â
Shadowbanning: â Shadow banning (also called stealth banning, ghost banning or  comment ghosting) is the act of blocking or partially blocking a user or their content  from an online community such that it will not be readily apparent to the user that they  have been banned.   Â
  Now that youâve been informed, letâs talk about it.  Recently a Youtuber by the  name of Trisha Paytas, who also used to be an Adult Film Actress and also does Adult  videos and pictures on her patreon and personal site was shadowbanned for posting  what Instagram considered adult material. The picture was of her in a bralette of types  that had black strings holding it showing off the fullness of her breasts and quite  possibly her nipples, but she crossed her arms over her chest to censor it and was still  banned supposedly for posting sexual/adult content.    Â
  Sadly, she isnât the only one that has been shadowbanned. Instagram has been  doing this to thousands of Adult Entertainers for similar reasons despite the fact they  didnât post anything âsexualâ in nature. Even when Instagram âexplainedâ (if you want to  actually call it that) theyâre reasoning for it, saying they didnât allow adult content or  sexual activities due to their diverse age groups, etc, what is really considered Adult  Content or Sexuality?    Â
Sexual contentâ âIS âmaterial depicting âsexual behaviorâ. The âsexualâ behavior  involved may be âexplicit, implicit sexual behaviorâ such as âflirting,â or include  sexualâ âlanguageâ and âeuphemismsâ.  Â
  By this definition 90% of Instagram should be shut down. There should be no  couples together, no kissing pictures, no romantic pictures, everything should just  appear platonic but Instagram doesnât appear to work that way. Next definition!   Â
Adult Content âis âconsidered such asâ pornography or violence, that is not  generally thought to be appropriate for viewing by children.   Â
  Now, to my knowledge and from what I have seen, just because a  person(s) is an adult film star, a cam star, an adult entertainer doesnât  mean they go around posting pictures of them participating in any sexual  acts. Ie- porn. I canât say Iâve ever seen the âviolenceâ that falls under adult  content and from what I have seen, all the accounts that arenât quite child  friendly all have warnings on them saying 18+ or 21+.   Â
  This further proves that Instagram is simply targeting the adult  community because they are different, they donât abide by the ânormalâ  standards of which society has set the rules. They grab life by the balls and  LIVE! Instagram targeting them just because they're profession and not  because of what they are posting isnât right, nor are the people who are  choosing to abuse the reporting feature.    Â
  If Instagram is going to shadowban Adult Entertainers for Adult  Content/Sexual Content then they need to ban everyone else that has any  of the above definitions in their content. Whatâs good for the goose is good  for the gander. Â