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Adults can no longer DM teens who don’t follow them on Instagram Instagram is also going to start using prompts to encourage teens to be cautious in conversations with adults March 17, 2021 Instagram has announced new policies to limit interactions between teenagers and adults to protect young people on the platform. Instagram will now prevent adults from sending messages to people under 18 who don’t follow them: “For example, when an adult tries to message a teen who doesn’t follow them, they receive a notification that DM’ing them isn’t an option. This feature relies on our work...

Image sourced from Time Instagram is introducing a new feature that restricts DMs between teen users (under the age of 18) and adults they don’t follow. This means that if an adult tries to message a teen who doesn’t follow them, they receive a notification that DM’ing them isn’t an option. “This feature relies on our work to predict peoples’ ages using machine learning technology, and the age people give us when they sign up,” says Instagram in a blog post. “As we move to end-to-end encryption, we’re investing in features that protect privacy and keep people safe without ac...

By Emily Lee Mar 17, 2021 In a series of tweets, Instagram outlined the main highlights of this safety initiative. Restricting direct messages between underage users and adults they don't follow, as well as prompting teens to be careful engaging in direct messages with adults they are connected to, will be top priorities for Instagram. The new teen safety measures will also encourage young Instagram users to make their accounts private as an added precaution. Instagram will also aim to make it harder for adults who've shown "potentially suspicious behavior" to find and follow teens on the p...

Share it Instagram is upping its efforts to stamp out predatory behavior in the app with a new range of features designed to protect younger users from ill-intentioned adults. First off, and most significantly, Instagram is now implementing new restrictions that will prevent adults from sending messages to any users under the age of 18 who don’t follow them. As per Instagram: "When an adult tries to message a teen who doesn’t follow them, they'll receive a notification that DM’ing them isn’t an option. This feature relies on our work to predict peoples’ ages using machine learning ...

Instagram will no longer allow adults to DM teens who don’t follow them Share Photo-sharing app Instagram has introduced new policies to protect its young users from interacting with adults on the platform. The Facebook-owned app Instagram has banned adults from sending direct messages to teenagers who do not follow them. This will be done by introducing a new feature that will prevent adults from sending messages to people under the age of 18. Instagram says this will be done in a way that if an adult tries to DM a teen who does not follow them back, they will receive a notification sta...