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Instagram has been doubling down on tackling hate speech and online abuse on its platform, which is more popular than Meta's Facebook. 6k2c1m

By Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From Reuters | Updated: 21 October 2022 00:13 IST

Instagram Announces Upgrades to Protect s From Abuse, Inappropriate Content

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Instagram has added for Hidden Words to several other new languages

Highlights

Instagram upgraded feature to prevent s from viewing abusive messages
Instagram updated the features to let s block on Instagram
Instagram will request to avoid abuse while sending message to a creator

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Instagram will enhance features that help s block the s of abs and trolls on the social media platform, the Meta Platforms-owned company said on Thursday.

All the Instagram s will now be able to block all existing s of a person, expanding a feature launched last year that only allowed the blocking of any new s that they may create.

"Based on initial test results from this new change, we expect our community will need to block 4 million fewer s every week, since these s will now be blocked automatically," Instagram said in a blog post.

The photo-sharing app has been doubling down on tackling hate speech and online abuse on its platform, which is more popular among teens and young adults than Facebook.

Instagram has also upgraded its feature that helps prevent s from viewing possibly abusive messages, by filtering offensive words to Stories replies, and said on Thursday it is expanding "nudges" designed to protect creators from harassment.

As elaborated by the social media company in its blog post, it updated the features to let s block on Instagram. Through the feature, a has the ability to block multiple s created by a particular person. This also blocks existing s that person may already have.

The company also added an update to Hidden Words, launch last year, by letting s cover Stories replies which are offensive in nature. Moreover, inappropriate replies from people who you do not follow will be automatically sent to the Hidden Requests folder.

Moreover, the for Hidden Words has now extended to several other new languages, including Farsi, Russian, Turkish, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu and Tamil.

In addition to these, Instagram will also display a community guideline request when a will try to send a message to a creator. This practice is aimed at removing the usage of offensive words.

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