Instagram adds new anti-harassment tools to block abusive DMs – By K. Bell (Engadget) / April 21 2021
The app is also adding new filtering tools for message requests.
Instagram is adding new features to prevent harassment in direct messages. The changes include new ways to filter message requests, and the ability to block the same user across multiple accounts.
The update comes after Instagram tightened its policies around harassment in direct messages after football players in the UK spoke out about racist messages they’d received in the app. The company said at the time that preventing abuse in direct messages posed a challenge as the company doesn’t use the same automated tools as it does in its comments.
Now, Instagram will give users the option to block not just an individual user, but to “preemptively” block any new accounts they may create. This could help people who are repeatedly targeted by the same people, or who simply don’t want the person to be able to find them with a new account. (Instagram notes that its rules prohibit banned users from creating new accounts.)
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