Instagram Tips & Tricks: Instagram is testing many features, nude photos will automatically get blurred in DMs

Instagram is going to bring many new features to protect teenagers on the platform. Testing of these features has started. These features will be rolled out with future updates.

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• Instagram is going to bring many new features to protect teenagers on the platform. Testing of these features has started. These features will be rolled out with future updates.

Instagram is working on many new features. Meta has announced that it has started testing new features on Instagram that will help protect young people from nudity or sextortion scams. It includes a feature called Nudity Protection in DMs, which will automatically blur photos containing nudity. This means that the app will automatically blur photos related to nudity in Instagram's DM. Come, let us know in detail.

Instagram is testing these new features

Meta has mentioned in their blog post that they are working on new features to help protect youth from sextortion and abuse of intimate photos. Additionally, Meta also said in its blog post that it is testing several features that will make it more difficult for scammers and criminals to reach out and interact with teenagers.

Meta is also working on a new method that will help people detect sextortion scams. At the same time, new ways are being tested to encourage them to report and empower them to say no to anything that makes them feel uncomfortable.

The company has begun sharing more clues about sextortion accounts with other technology companies through Lantern. This is helping to stop this criminal activity on the internet.

Instagram announced on Thursday that it is working on some features to protect users from sextortion and intimate image abuse on the platform. One of the notable features that the company plans to test is the nudity protection feature in DM. This feature will prompt users to think twice before sending nude photos and blur any such photos that come to them.

Nude photos will look blurred like this

Instagram says Nudity Protection in DMs will not only protect people from seeing nudity through photos in DMs but will also protect them from scammers, who may, in turn, send nude photos to trick people into sending their intimate photos. Can.

If people receive a nude photo in their DMs, it will automatically blur at the bottom of the warning screen. This means they can choose whether they want to see that photo or not.

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After testing it, Instagram is planning to turn it on by default for users under 18 years of age.

After the launch of this feature, Instagram users will see a pop-up on the screen, which will prompt them to think twice before sending such photos. The pop-up will also tell them that people sharing such photos can take screenshots of the photo without them knowing. The company will roll out these features after testing.