Instagram has announced a number of new updates to its photo and video sharing app’s security features, including expanding its existing blocking feature.
On Thursday, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri tweeted the video in which he introduced new security updates for IG. Of the three new “updated security tools” Mosseri announced, the expansion of IG’s blocking feature was of particular note.
Updated security tools 🙏🏼
Today we’re announcing new ways for creators to stay safe on Instagram:
– New reminders – Updated blocking – Hidden word improvements pic.twitter.com/ofSWGeR7qX
— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) October 20, 2022
In situations where a particular user proves to be difficult to block on social networks (because they keep coming back through backup accounts), it can be a pain to block that person and their multiple accounts over and over again. Instagram started to address this issue last year when it announced that it would allow users to block a person and any other accounts I may create in the future. And now Instagram has decided to further expand this feature to now include blocking any existing backup accounts a person may already have. So now users will have the option to block the person and “other accounts they may have or have created,” according to Instagram’s screenshot of the newly expanded feature (see below).
Instagram
Instagram’s blog post regarding its newly updated security tools states that the updated blocking feature is expected to result in users having to block “4 million fewer accounts each week, as these accounts will now be automatically blocked.”
Instagram also mentioned two other changes to other security features: Hidden words and incentives. Both of these features have existed in the past, but IG will now expand on them as well. Hidden Words is a feature on Instagram that users can use to hide comments or message requests that contain potentially offensive words. Instagram is now testing the automatic enablement of this feature for its Creator accounts and is adding a number of features to it:
- Adding support for more languages like Farsi, Bengali and Tamil.
- Filtering out more offensive words, especially “intentionally misspelled” ones.
- Hidden Words will also cover Story replies, especially from people the user doesn’t follow
- Adding more terms to filter spam requests (will be available “in English in certain countries” at first, but will be expanded to more languages/countries later).
Instagram’s boost feature will also see changes. Specifically, IG is adding new prompts (a notification that typically appears to encourage users to pause and think about the action they’re about to take) that will “prompt” users to think about “how they want to respond before responding to a comment that our systems tell us they say he might be offensive.” There will also be a DM-specific reminder that will offer a reminder to “be respectful in DM when sending a message request to the creator.”
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