Instagram also wants to protect you from nudity when you’re chatting on the app.

Instagram also wants to compete with the sexual content that some people send through the app’s direct messages. According to the developer Alessandro Paluzzisocial network owned by Meta is testing a new feature that will allow users to select the nudity protection option, in which various measures will be taken to prevent the recipient from seeing the image that he previously sent.

The anti-nudity function allows, in particular, block and not see the sexual content that the user receives through messages. To do this, as Paluzzi shows in the capture feature, Instagram will use technology to “close” photos containing nudity previously submitted by the sender. The app, yes, won’t have access to them to scan, which Apple also claims it does with iMessage nudity striping.

Once Instagram detects and hides a photo, it will display a warning to the recipient that the resulting image contains or may contain nudity. It will also offer a button to view. On the other hand, the application will also display information and tips for the user who received this image.

Function also can optionally be activatedand disable at any time in the application settings. It’s unclear if Instagram will keep it enabled by default for those minors who use the social network.

Instagram joins Apple to build nudity alert system

The Instagram feature is essentially very similar to what Apple already offers for iMessage. The company from Cupertino, in particular, privately scans those images sent by your messaging platformand also supports end-to-end encryption. If one of these scanned images contains sexual content, such as nudity, the platform will completely blur it and display various options on the screen.

One of them is the ability to see the image anyway. However, also Offers a contact lock featureemail someone of legal age to warn them that we’ve received an indecent image, or look for “other ways to get help” which will show advice specifically targeted at minors.

At the moment, it is not known when Instagram will start protecting against nudity. However, the one that Apple offers is already available in the Messages app.