Instagram chief Adam Mosseri argued that having political content on Threads comes with too many 'integrity risks.' But Meta's recent push to 'restore free expression' changes all that.

In a post on (where else?) Threads, Mosseri said the company will be shifting away from its opt-in requirement for users to see political content. Instead, political content will be recommended by default, and users will have the ability to adjust the fire hose with three different settings options: less, standard, and more.

Meta has announced that Threads and Instagram users will no longer be able to opt out of seeing political content from accounts they don't follow. This shift, part of Meta's focus on "free expression,

As part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to limiting political content

It’s been nearly a year since Instagram and Threads defaulted to blocking recommendations of “political” content from accounts you don’t already follow, but now Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says, “...we’re going to be adding political content to recommendations” on both platforms.