Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion

LONDON: Instagram said it’s deploying new new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages.

The social media platform said in a blog post Thursday that it’s testing out the features as part of its campaign to fight sexual scams and other forms of “image abuse” and to make it tougher for criminals to contact teens.