{"id":2218504,"date":"2024-04-11T14:17:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T18:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/instagram-will-blur-nude-images-sent-to-teens-to-curb-sextortion\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T18:20:50","slug":"instagram-will-blur-nude-images-sent-to-teens-to-curb-sextortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/instagram-will-blur-nude-images-sent-to-teens-to-curb-sextortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram plans to blur explicit images sent to minors to prevent sextortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finstagram-will-blur-nude-images-sent-to-teens-to-curb-sextortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218504&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Instagram, owned by Meta, will blur nude \u2062photos\u2062 in \u2062private messages for\u200c users under 18, aiming to \u2062combat sextortion. Users will be urged to reconsider sending explicit content. This move follows\u200d calls for increased child protection online.\u200d Meta emphasizes the feature&#8217;s role in preventing sextortion\u200d and promoting safety. Automatic\u200c blurring and user prompts enhance user control and safety. Great summary! It effectively captures the key points\u200b about Instagram&#8217;s initiative to blur nude photos in private messages for users under 18 to combat sextortion and promote online safety.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/instagram\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  will start automatically blurring nude photos sent via private messaging for account holders younger than 18, per an<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2024\/04\/new-tools-to-help-protect-against-sextortion-and-intimate-image-abuse\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  announcement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  from its parent company, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/meta\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to blurring images containing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nudity\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nudity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-testifies-before-house-judiciary-committee\/\" title=\"FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before House Judiciary Committee\">popular social media platform<\/a> will prompt users \u201cto think twice before sending nude images.\u201d The app will also show a notification to adult users, encouraging them to turn the feature on for their accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new feature is likely a response to increased public pressure from critics who say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a> should be doing more to protect children from online harm. Meta also said the feature would help protect minors from \u201csextortion,\u201d or the practice of scammers sending nude images to children in an effort to get them to send photos back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhile people overwhelmingly use DMs to share what they love with their friends, family or favorite creators, sextortion scammers may also use private messages to share or ask for intimate images,\u201d Meta shared Thursday in a blog post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new feature will make it so any images containing nudity will be automatically blurred, and a prompt will ask the user if they\u2019d like to view it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ll also show them a message encouraging them not to feel pressure to respond, with an option to block the sender and report the chat,\u201d Meta said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The company also said \u201csevere action\u201d is taken against any platform users who are determined to be engaging in sextortion. The users have their accounts removed and steps are taken to prevent them from making new profiles, Meta said. If warranted, the user may also be reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and local authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meta also said it has increased the data it shares with Lantern, an online child safety program. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMeta\u2019s proposed device-side safety measures within its encrypted environment is encouraging,\u201d John Shehan, SVP at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said in a statement provided by Meta. \u201cWe are hopeful these new measures will increase reporting by minors and curb the circulation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anonymous-whistleblower-facebooks-response-to-child-sexual-abuse-is-inadequate-and-under-resourced\/\" title=\"Anonymous Whistleblower: Facebook's Response to Child Sexual Abuse Is 'Inadequate' and 'Under-Resourced'\">online child exploitation<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712242396228000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3WzjrNXCr1KblP2z8dS_jB\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The move comes after Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg attended Senate hearings in January, which included testimonies from families of victims who experienced abuse online. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m sorry for everything you\u2019ve all gone through. Nobody should have to go through what your families have suffered,\u201d Zuckerberg said at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/im-sorry-for-everything-mark-zuckerberg-faces-families-harmed-by-social-media\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThis is why we have invested so much and are going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-best-way-to-protect-your-kids-from-being-harmed-by-a-smartphone-is-to-not-give-them-a-smartphone\/\" title=\"Protect your kids by not giving them smartphones\">continue industry-leading efforts<\/a> to make sure that no one has to go through the types of things your families have suffered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram, under Meta, will blur nude images sent through direct messages to users under 18. The platform aims to deter sextortion by urging users to reconsider sharing explicit content. 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