Instagram update: Meta-owned photo and video sharing app, Instagram has announced a new feature that will prevent users from taking screenshots or recording the screen of ephemeral pictures or videos sent in private messages. This means that users will no longer be able to take a screenshot or screen recording of an image or video shared in Instagram DMs. The company also announced that it will prevent users from opening 'View once' or 'Allow replay' images and videos on Instagram web.
It's worth noting that as of now, Instagram users can save screenshots or screen recordings of images and videos shared in DMs, including View Once posts. However, the platform sends a notification to the sender informing them that their post has been saved. But when this feature launches, users will no longer be able to copy an image or video shared in DMs.
This feature is one of the other features the company announced today to protect its teen users from sextortion scams on the platform. The company also announced that it has started testing new safety notices in Instagram DMs and Messenger to inform teens that they are chatting with someone who may be in another country.
The company also announced it was making it harder for fraudulent accounts to follow teens. “Now, we're also making it harder for teens to request a follow for accounts that show signs of potentially fraudulent behavior. Depending on the strength of these signals – including how new the account is – we'll completely block follow requests. will block, or send it to the teen's spam folder,” the company wrote in a post announcing the features.
Finally, the company announced that fraudulent accounts will not be able to see people's followers or following lists, making it harder for them to target users. “These potential sextortioners also won't be able to see a list of accounts that have liked someone's posts, photos they've been tagged in, or other accounts that have been tagged in their photos,” the company said.
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