Threads Ban on Search Terms Related to COVID-19 Is Temporary: Instagram Chief

Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, speaks during a conference in San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2019. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for WIRED

Social media platform Threads’s ban on search terms related to COVID-19 is only temporary, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has revealed.

In an Oct. 17 post on Threads, Mr. Mosseri said he didn’t have a firm date on when the ban would be lifted, but he didn’t think it would be a permanent situation.