Update:

Within one day of dealing with this my algorithm on Instagram is FLOODED with fear mongering conspiracy theory bologna. It’s like the algorithm can tell I am in peak “lizard brain survival mode” and is shoveling a bunch of nonsense accordingly. Unfortunately it is effective and I literally had to delete the app for my own wellbeing.

Crazy how good they have gotten at honing these things — resisting algorithmic content got to be one of the key 21st century skills