The red social Instagram announced that it is launching a campaign against blackmail related to intimate photos or videos and warned that from now on Screenshots of photos sent via private messaging will be blocked.
The American group Meta thus seeks to strengthen the fight against sextortionwhich consists of pressuring someone by threatening to disclose intimate images.
On Instagram soon It will be impossible for a user to receive an image via private message in “single view” or “review allowed” perform a screenshot to keep. It will also be impossible to circumvent this ban by opening the photos on a computer, Meta said.
After having announced it in the testing phase, the group also generalizes the “nude controller” on Instagram. This controller, configured by default in minors’ accounts, automatically detects nude images received in messages and blurs them.
Meta and Sextortion
In April, Meta had implemented a first series of measures, including a reinforced control on minor user accountswho see their interactions with “suspicious accounts” limited.
The access of these suspicious accounts to the subscription and follower lists of minor users, which until now it was restricted, it will be completely blocked.
At the same time, the group launches a anti-sextortion prevention campaign aimed at young people in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.
In July, Meta also removed 63,000 accounts related to sextortion in Nigeria.
AFP
