Sextortion scammers often use the following and follower lists of their targets to try and blackmail them. This allows us to quickly find and take action against sextortion accounts, and to make significant progress in detecting both new and returning scammers. With Instagram Teen Accounts, teens under 18 will be defaulted into stricter message settings, which mean they can’t be messaged by anyone they don’t follow or aren’t connected to. In the EU, we will start placing teens into Teen Accounts later this year and in the rest of the world Teen Accounts will be available from January. We’ll continue to evolve our defenses to help protect our community from sextortion criminals.

Source: Daily News Egypt October 19, 2024 12:24 UTC