Instagram introduces 'new feature to hide comments and DMs from non-old followers' to prevent discrimination and abuse



In recent years, discrimination and abuse in SNS have been regarded as a problem, and in July 2021, the England national football player who missed the PK in the final match of

UEFA EURO 2020 (Euro 2020) was posted on SNS such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. It became a big problem because of the damage caused by racial discrimination . Meanwhile, Instagram announced on August 10, 2021 local time that it introduced a 'new feature to hide comments and DMs from non-old followers' to prevent discrimination and abuse on the platform.

Introducing New Ways to Protect Our Community from Abuse | Instagram Blog
https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/introducing-new-ways-to-protect-our-community-from-abuse



Instagram targets abuse, racist comments with new tools | The Hill
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/567418-instagram-targets-abuse-racist-comments-with-new-tools

Instagram Debuts New Features To Shield Users From Racism, Abuse --Tubefilter
https://www.tubefilter.com/2021/08/11/instagram-drops-3-new-features-meant-to-shield-users-from-racism-abuse/

In a blog post on August 10, Instagram director Adam Mosseri said, 'We are responsible for making Instagram reassuring. Hate speech and bullying on Instagram are not allowed. If found, it will be removed, and we want to protect it from having to experience this kind of abuse in the first place. ' Therefore, we announced on the official blog that we have introduced a new function called 'Limits ' to prevent discrimination and abuse on Instagram.

The restriction is a function that 'hides comments and DMs from users who are not following you or have just followed you', and the number of harmful comments and DMs sent to you for some reason has increased rapidly, or It is useful for users who are expected to increase rapidly. 'We developed this feature because we heard that creators and public figures sometimes experience a surge in messages and DM requests from strangers, which is often the Olympic medal. It's a supportive feeling, such as a celebration of what we've done, but sometimes we're flooded with unwanted comments and messages. '

According to an Instagram survey, many of the negative messages that celebrities receive on the platform are sent by people who aren't following or have just followed the person. However, it is inconvenient to completely block comments and DMs, so by hiding comments and DMs from 'users who do not follow you or have just followed recently' at once. You don't have to look at many of the harmful messages.

Restrictions are already available to Instagram users around the world. Tap the profile icon at the bottom right ...



Select 'Settings'.



Tap 'Privacy Settings'.



Then, there is a 'restriction' item at the top, so tap it.



Tap 'Next'.



Then, it is possible to select the range to hide comments and DM and the period to limit. Tap 'On' to enable the restriction function.



Instagram has also long

warned users of potentially offensive comments. In the past, the first warning wasn't too harsh, it warned you about the possibility of your account being deleted if you tried to send comments multiple times. However, in the future, it will display a severe warning that the account may be deleted from the beginning and discourage sending malicious comments.



In addition, Instagram also announced that the function 'DM request filter' that can filter unpleasant DM in advance announced in April 2021 will be available to everyone in the world by the end of August.

Instagram announces new function to filter 'disgusting DM', also function to block new accounts of blocked people in advance --GIGAZINE



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