Meta, the parent company of Instagram, said on Thursday that it is testing new features on Instagram intended to help safeguard young people from unwanted nudity or sextortion scams. This includes a feature called “Nudity Protection in DMs,” which automatically blurs images detected as containing nudity.
In a statement released on Thursday, Meta revealed its intention to trial features designed to blur messages containing nudity in an effort to safeguard teenagers and prevent them from being targeted by malicious individuals.
The technology behemoth stated that the protection feature for Instagram’s direct messages would utilise on-device machine learning to analyse images for nudity before they are sent.
This feature will be automatically enabled for users under the age of 18, with Meta actively encouraging adults to activate it as well. Importantly, Meta emphasised that the nudity protection feature will function even in end-to-end encrypted chats, ensuring privacy while still prioritising safety.
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