Instagram blocks sharing of NY Post article about BLM co-founder's controversial property acquisitions: Instagram was acquired by Facebook in 2012, therefore, restrictions and bans of users, or content, usually carry across platforms. Since Facebook blocked its users' ability to share a New York Post article exposing Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors' controversial multi-million dollar real estate empire, so did Instagram. Facebook said the article was a violation of its policy on privacy and personal information. Furthermore, a New York Times media reporter detailed on Twitter that Facebook's reasoning for censoring the article was because it "shared multiple details which could identify the residence of one of the BLM founders, in violation of her privacy rights." Both Facebook and Instagram have also reportedly blocked users' ability to share the article via private messaging. Amid the controversy, BLM put out a statement this week defending Cullors. In it, the political organization remarked that the reporting on Cullors' real estate properties "continues a tradition of terror by white supremacists against Black activists."