Instagram To Go Stricter On Content Moderation With Nudity Protection Feature

After receiving criticism for the massive misuse occurring online, Instagram worked on a feature allowing users to filter unsolicited nude photographs in their direct messages.

Similar to the Hidden Words function, which filters away messages containing offensive language and emojis, "nudity protection" will be an optional privacy setting, according to Bloomberg.

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Instagram will use machine learning to prevent the delivery of nude photos. Instagram won't even look at or save any of the pictures. In an interview with Joe Rogan earlier, Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared that he has zero tolerance for pornography on the site.

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"I know there are arguments on both sides of it," said Zuckerberg, adding — "our reason for not wanting pornography is more for the feel of the community than the sense of the harm." 

A new, open-source initiative to hold social networking platforms accountable for harmful practices has just been launched by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen under the name "Beyond The Screen."

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To better understand the harms caused by social media, nonprofit executives, academics, litigators, and technologists will combine their knowledge in this "Duty of Care" initiative. Internal documents that Haugen leaked indicated Facebook's negative impact on children, and he even called for his resignation. She spoke in front of Congress as well.