Blurring of nudity in messages on Instagram, by default for under 18s. Nudity detection systems use machine learning directly on devices with privacy-preserving end-to-end encryption.
Meta recalls the commitment for users to identify potential sextortion scams, encouraging them to report such situations and the collaboration with Lantern - a program that allows technology companies to share signals on accounts and behaviors that violate user safety policies. The feature is designed to protect users from seeing unwanted content in their messages, but also to protect against scammers who send such images for extortion purposes. The company will begin testing a new feature in Instagram direct messages in some countries: it applies a blur to images where nudity is detected, encouraging people to think before sending them. Meta - underlines a note from the company - will not have access to these images, unless someone chooses to report them to us. The feature will be activated by default on Instagram for under-18s worldwide, while adults will be shown a notification encouraged them to activate it.