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Instagram, sextortion
Instagram announces new features to prevent sextortion of teens
A new campaign from Meta, the parent company of Instagram, aims to spread awareness to teens about sextortion.
Instagram launches new safety features to help protect teens from sextortion scams
Instagram launched new safety features to try and protect teens against sextortion. Sextortion is a crime when someone convinces a teen to send sexually explicit images or videos and then threatens to release them to friends, family and followers if the person in the pictures does not send money or gift cards.
Meta unveils new protections aimed to prevent sextortion for teen Instagram accounts
There's been a big push this year from parents to protect kids on social media and now META is revealing some new safety features on Instagram to prevent sextortion.
Instagram addresses ‘sextortion’ as teen safety troubles increase
Instagram says it’s rolling out a suite of new settings to fight “sextortion,” a type of blackmail that uses sexual images or conversations to pressure victims into paying money.
Instagram adds new guardrails to protect teens against sextortion
Instagram is launching several new features designed to protect teens from sextortion scams, which occur when scammers threaten to share intimate images of victims unless they receive a payment or more photos.
Instagram announces new tools to fight sextortion and help teen victims
The Instagram campaign also features a new online resource that includes tips for dealing with sextortion, in addition to a link to NCMEC's Take It Down tool, which helps victims get their images removed from online platforms that participate in the initiative.
Instagram Introduces New ‘Sextortion’ Guardrails For Child Safety—Here’s What To Know
Instagram added several new features on Thursday aimed at protecting teenagers from “sextortion” scams, amid mounting concerns about the role social media platforms play in child safety. Screenshots or screen recordings of disappearing messages in Instagram direct messages will be blocked,
Instagram adds features to help stop sextortion
Instagram will stop people from being able to screenshot or screen-record images and videos intended to be viewed once, as part of "ongoing efforts" to prevent sextortion on the platform.Its parent company Meta announced features on Thursday aimed at protecting teens from being tricked into sending intimate images to scammers and blackmailed over them.
Meta launches new Instagram anti-sextortion campaign to protect teens
Meta said Thursday Instagram is launching a new campaign to help teens and their parents avoid sextortion and fight the financially-driven scammers who prey on teens and children.
Instagram Claims New Safety Campaign Will Protect Teens From 'Sextortion'
Instagram's new tools educate users on the risks of sharing sensitive images and provide support if teens are blackmailed or harassed by scammers.
Instagram defends new teen safety features after criticism
Instagram has defended new features aimed at protecting teens from sextortion attempts on the platform, following criticism they do not go far enough. Parent company Meta said on Thursday its new tools - which include preventing screenshots or screen-recordings of disappearing images and videos - were part of "ongoing efforts" to stop criminals tricking teens into sending intimate images to scammers.
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Instagram launches 'Teen Accounts' to combat sextortion of teenage users
Instagram has launched its new ‘Teen Accounts’ aimed at protecting teens from sextortion attempts on the social media platform, despite criticism that the measures do not go far enough. Introduced on ...
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Meta unveils features to combat teen 'sextortion'
Meta’s head of global safety said “sextortion” has become more common across social media platforms, including Instagram.
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‘Sextortion’ warning: Smart devices can unknowingly expose children to online predators, experts say
More and more kids are getting online with their own smart devices but technology experts are sounding the alarm, cautioning ...
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