Instagram is testing a new option to protect users from unwanted nude pictures in chat.
It is a new dynamic that the user will have to activate in order for direct messages to have this additional protection, which will prevent them from displaying explicit images.
Instagram will block nude pictures in direct messages
In the Instagram chat we usually talk to our contacts, friends or acquaintances. However, we also accept chat requests from other users, whether for business, product information, to expand our circle of contacts, etc.
But good intentions quickly become a source of spam, unwanted links, or nude photos. Although Instagram allows users to be blocked, in this case it wants to provide additional protection to prevent users from being exposed to unwanted nude images in chat.
This feature is not active yet, but we can see what it is in the screenshot you share Alessandro Paluzzi on his Twitter account. It will not be an option that will be the default but you will need to activate it to have this extra protection.
If so, Instagram’s technology will detect when the content posted in the chat contains nudity and block it from being viewed. So we will see a blurry image with the warning that it is an image that contains nudity
On the other hand, Instagram will also show a button to allow the user to remove the block if they want to see the content. A detail that is clarified in the description of the function is that Instagram will not have access to the photos, as the detection process is done on the device and the images are not sent to their servers.
Instagram hasn’t commented on this feature, so we don’t know yet when it will roll out in the app.
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