Instagram makes it easier to avoid trolls | Tech Reddy

Oct 20 (Reuters) – Instagram will enhance features that help users block the accounts of abusers and trolls on the social media platform, company Meta Platforms ( META.O ) said. on Thursday.

Users can block all of a person’s current accounts, and in addition to a feature launched last year that allows them to block new accounts they create.

“Based on the first test results from this new change, we expect our community to ban 4 million fewer accounts per week, as these accounts will be automatically banned,” Instagram said in a statement. in a blog post.

The photo-sharing app is doubling down on avoiding hate speech and online abuse on its platform, which is more popular among teenagers and young adults than Facebook’s Meta.

Instagram has also updated its feature to help users view negative messages, by filtering out negative words in comments, and said on Thursday that it is expanding the “nudges” created to protect producers from persecution.

Eva Mathews reports in Bengaluru; Edited by Devika Syamnath

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