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Instagram to Blur Out Nude Images Sent to Teens in DMs


Meta's Instagram is introducing a new nudity-protection feature in direct messages, which blurs images detected as containing nudity.

In that case, Instagram also will display a message encouraging users not to feel pressure to respond, with an option to block the sender and report the chat. The new features come after an extraordinary moment at a Senate hearing in January, when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to families of kids who have been the victims of online abuse on the social giant’s platforms. Meta said the latest steps to help protect younger users from unwanted or potentially harmful contact build on its previous work.

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