Instagram reenables GIF sharing after GIPHY promises no more racism

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A racial slur GIF slipped into GIPHY's sticker library earlier this month, prompting Instagram and Snapchat to drop their GIPHY integrations. Now Instagram is reactivating after GIPHY confirmed its reviewed its GIF library four times and will preemptively review any new GIFs it adds. Snapchat said it had …

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