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Instagram Begins Blurring Nudity in Messages in Effort to Combat Child Sexual Extortion

It’s part of the new features aiming to make it harder for sexual predators and criminals to contact teenagers through direct messaging on the platform.
Instagram Begins Blurring Nudity in Messages in Effort to Combat Child Sexual Extortion
The logo of Instagram (L) and Threads in Nantes, France, on March 7, 2024. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images
Kos Temenes
4/13/2024|Updated: 4/13/2024
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Instagram is taking new measures to protect young people from sexual exploitation and exposure by including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages.

In an effort to fight sexual scams and other forms of “image abuse,” the social media platform is testing out new features, according to Instagram’s blog on April 11.

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