Instagram to introduce new tool to blur nude images in bid to fight sex scams aimed at teenagers

Instagram said scammers often use direct messages to ask for 'intimate images'. To counter this, it will soon start testing out a nudity-protection feature for direct messages.

Instagram says it is deploying 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 on Thursday it was 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.