Lately, Instagram has been steadily improving upon the tools available to combat abusive behaviours and harassment on the platform. The latest update will help prevent users from receiving unwanted comments and DMs with a new feature called ‘Limits’ and also show stronger warnings to discourage harassment.
The new ‘Limits’ feature is especially useful if you are expecting rush of abusive comments and DMs. With the feature turned on, you can automatically hide comments and DM requests from people who don’t follow you, or who only recently followed you. The feature can be found within the privacy settings, with an option to toggle it on or off.
When a user repeatedly tries to post potentially offensive comments, Instagram will now show a stronger warning that reminds them of Instagram’s Community Guidelines and that the comment may be removed or hidden if they proceed.
Lastly, Instagram has expanded upon their abuse prevention tools that were introduced in April, 2021. It is now available to everyone globally and the list of potentially offensive words, hashtags and emojis that Instagram automatically filters out have been expanded