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Meta will auto-blur nudity in Instagram DMs in latest teen safety step

Meta has announced it's testing new features on Instagram intended to help safeguard young people from unwanted nudity or sextortion scams. This includes

In another safeguarding measure, Instagram users sending or receiving nudes will be directed to safety tips — with information about the potential risks involved — which Meta said have been developed with guidance from experts. “These tips include reminders that people may screenshot or forward images without your knowledge, that your relationship to the person may change in the future, and that you should review profiles carefully in case they’re not who they say they are,” it wrote. This means when teens report relevant issues — such as nudity, threats to share private images or sexual exploitation or solicitation — we’ll direct them to local child safety helplines where available,” it added.

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