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Instagram to Test Features That Blur Messages Containing Nudity in Move to Boost Teen Safety
Instagram will test features that blur messages containing nudity to safeguard teens and prevent potential scammers from reaching them, its parent Meta said on Thursday as it tries to allay concerns over harmful content on its apps.
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Instagram And Facebook Plan To Limit Reach Of Harmful Content To Teens
Meta said it wants teens to have safe, age-appropriate experiences on the apps.
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Meta Rolls Out Features to Protect Teenagers From Suspicious Adults on Facebook, Instagram
Meta is releasing a plethora of features on Facebook and Instagram to ensure that teenagers are kept as shielded as possible, from potentially dangerous miscreants. Teenagers indulging in conversations with adults will be prompted and asked if they know this particular individual and a safety feature will protect them from suspicious adults.
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Meta Rolls Out New Parental Supervision Tools On Instagram
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has rolled out parental supervision tools feature and a 'family centre' programme on 'Instagram,' to ensure the safety of young users and allow parents to manage the time spent by their children on the site.
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Snapchat and Other Social Media Platforms Offer Parental Control Features, but Do They Offer Enough Safety?
Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms are bolting on new features to make their services safer and more age appropriate. However, there is no discussion on how algorithms pushing endless content that can drag anyone, not just teens, into harmful rabbit holes.
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Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Facebook, Twitter Highlight Security Steps for Users, Including How to Lock Accounts
Meta has set up a special operations centre to monitor the conflict in Ukraine, and it launched a feature so users in the country can lock their social media profiles for security, a company official said.
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"Delete Facebook?" TIME Cover Ft. Zuckerberg Amid Profits Over Safety Charge
TIME magazine has featured Mark Zuckerberg on its cover in its latest issue amid claims Facebook fuels division, harms children and puts profits over safety.
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Instagram Replacing Swipe Up Gesture to Access Links in Stories With Stickers by August 30
Instagram will get rid of the swipe up gesture to access links in stories by August 30 and replace it with stickers. Users who post stories on Instagram can add links to them and viewers can use the swipe up gesture while watching the story to access the link.
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Facebook Drops Like Button From Public Pages in Major Redesign
Facebook has dropped the like button from its redesigned public pages used by artists, public figures and brands, the social media company said.
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Facebook Messenger Gets Scam Warnings to Help Users Avoid Potentially Harmful Interactions
Facebook on Thursday said that its Messenger app will be watching behind the scenes for scammers using the smartphone communication system.
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Facebook Workplace to Get Safety Check Feature Next Year
To help organisations locate their people in a crisis, Facebook is planning to introduce the Safety Check feature in Workplace.
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Storm Across India: Facebook Safety Check Tool Used by 10,000 to Mark Themselves Safe
Facebook on Tuesday said nearly 10,000 people have marked themselves safe till now, using the social network's "Safety Check" feature that was activated on Monday.
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Facebook Opens Its Community Help to Organisations, Businesses
The Community Help feature was added to Facebook's Safety Check system a year ago to let people find and give help such as food, shelter, and transportation after a crisis.
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Facebook Launches New Tools To Prevent Harassment
Facebook has introduced new features that will prevent unwanted friend requests and messages from reaching you, a move the social media giant said will save a user, especially women, from harassment.
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Facebook Safety Check Becomes a Permanent Feature With Its Own Section
Facebook sees enough reason to make 'Safety Check' a fixture of its site as natural disasters, terrorism and conflict have become frequent.
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Instagram to Test Features That Blur Messages Containing Nudity in Move to Boost Teen Safety
Instagram will test features that blur messages containing nudity to safeguard teens and prevent potential scammers from reaching them, its parent Meta said on Thursday as it tries to allay concerns over harmful content on its apps.
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Instagram And Facebook Plan To Limit Reach Of Harmful Content To Teens
Meta said it wants teens to have safe, age-appropriate experiences on the apps.
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Meta Rolls Out Features to Protect Teenagers From Suspicious Adults on Facebook, Instagram
Meta is releasing a plethora of features on Facebook and Instagram to ensure that teenagers are kept as shielded as possible, from potentially dangerous miscreants. Teenagers indulging in conversations with adults will be prompted and asked if they know this particular individual and a safety feature will protect them from suspicious adults.
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Meta Rolls Out New Parental Supervision Tools On Instagram
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has rolled out parental supervision tools feature and a 'family centre' programme on 'Instagram,' to ensure the safety of young users and allow parents to manage the time spent by their children on the site.
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Snapchat and Other Social Media Platforms Offer Parental Control Features, but Do They Offer Enough Safety?
Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms are bolting on new features to make their services safer and more age appropriate. However, there is no discussion on how algorithms pushing endless content that can drag anyone, not just teens, into harmful rabbit holes.
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Ukraine-Russia Crisis: Facebook, Twitter Highlight Security Steps for Users, Including How to Lock Accounts
Meta has set up a special operations centre to monitor the conflict in Ukraine, and it launched a feature so users in the country can lock their social media profiles for security, a company official said.
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"Delete Facebook?" TIME Cover Ft. Zuckerberg Amid Profits Over Safety Charge
TIME magazine has featured Mark Zuckerberg on its cover in its latest issue amid claims Facebook fuels division, harms children and puts profits over safety.
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Instagram Replacing Swipe Up Gesture to Access Links in Stories With Stickers by August 30
Instagram will get rid of the swipe up gesture to access links in stories by August 30 and replace it with stickers. Users who post stories on Instagram can add links to them and viewers can use the swipe up gesture while watching the story to access the link.
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Facebook Drops Like Button From Public Pages in Major Redesign
Facebook has dropped the like button from its redesigned public pages used by artists, public figures and brands, the social media company said.
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Facebook Messenger Gets Scam Warnings to Help Users Avoid Potentially Harmful Interactions
Facebook on Thursday said that its Messenger app will be watching behind the scenes for scammers using the smartphone communication system.
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Facebook Workplace to Get Safety Check Feature Next Year
To help organisations locate their people in a crisis, Facebook is planning to introduce the Safety Check feature in Workplace.
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Storm Across India: Facebook Safety Check Tool Used by 10,000 to Mark Themselves Safe
Facebook on Tuesday said nearly 10,000 people have marked themselves safe till now, using the social network's "Safety Check" feature that was activated on Monday.
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Facebook Opens Its Community Help to Organisations, Businesses
The Community Help feature was added to Facebook's Safety Check system a year ago to let people find and give help such as food, shelter, and transportation after a crisis.
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Facebook Launches New Tools To Prevent Harassment
Facebook has introduced new features that will prevent unwanted friend requests and messages from reaching you, a move the social media giant said will save a user, especially women, from harassment.
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Facebook Safety Check Becomes a Permanent Feature With Its Own Section
Facebook sees enough reason to make 'Safety Check' a fixture of its site as natural disasters, terrorism and conflict have become frequent.
