Instagram is expanding two safety features to strengthen its protection against teen bullying. The company is changing the way it restricts and restricts work in its app to give teens ways to deal with potential abuse, which it claims is less likely to result in further retaliation.
With the changes, Instagram users will be able to “restrict” their posts to only “close friends”. This means that users will only see comments, direct messages, tags, and notes from people on their close friends list. Other viewers will still be able to interact with their posts, but those comments and messages will not be visible to others.
The company previously introduced As an anti-bullying feature aimed at the creator in 2021 to prevent the sudden flood of abuse experienced by several UK footballers. According to Instagram, the latest changes are aimed at teens who are more likely to engage in violence but may be hesitant to use the app’s block feature for fear of increasing potential conflicts.
Instagram is making similar changes to its “restriction” feature in cases where people may engage in certain violence. Users will be able to prevent restricted individuals from tagging or tagging them. The comments of those on the restricted list will also be automatically hidden from others.
The updates come as Meta faces scrutiny over teen safety and other issues. was a company Last year by dozens of states for failing to protect their youngest users from harmful aspects of their service.
