instagram announced new security measures in order to protect its usersespecially minors, Sextortion and scams. Among others, those that stand out are disabling screenshots for ephemerablocking accounts suspected of fraud and expanding the nudity protection feature.
With these new measures, It will no longer be possible to take a screenshot of a photo that has been sent in ephemeral modewhich have been sent through direct messages. Instagram currently allows screenshots, but a notification is sent to the sender.
With this, the app hopes to prevent this content from being stored and shared without consent. Besides, They can only be opened from the mobile application.
Protection against nudity and suspicious accounts
On the other hand, there is the function of pprotection against nuditywhich was presented in April and activated by default for those under 18 years of age. This will blur images containing nudity in direct messages.
In turn, Instagram will make it difficult for accounts with suspicious behavior to follow teenagersdirectly blocking the request or sending it to the spam folder.
Likewise, accounts that are cataloged in this way They will not be able to see the lists of followers or followers of other userspreventing them from using this information for blackmail.
Measures against sextortion
Instagram’s parent company, Meta has eliminated 1,600 Facebook groups and accounts linked to Yahoo Boysa group known for its extortion. The company wants to identify and eliminate these accounts more quickly.
In turn, the company is developing methods to prevent scammers from reaching their potential victims and help teens and their families recognize scams early.
Last September, Meta presented the Teen Accountswhich have protections to limit who can contact them, the content they can view, and the time they spend online. These accounts are expected to be available in the European Union by the end of 2024 and globally from January 2025.
Source: Ambito
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