Instagram said it worked with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and child safety research group Thorn to help inform the new tools. NCMEC noted financial sextortion has dramatically increased in recent years, with attempted reports rising by over 300% from 2021 to 2023.

Instagram is launching several new features designed to protect teens from sextortion scams, which occur when scammers threaten to share intimate images of victims unless they receive a payment or more photos.

The Instagram campaign also features a new online resource that includes tips for dealing with sextortion, in addition to a link to NCMEC's Take It Down tool, which helps victims get their images removed from online platforms that participate in the initiative.

Instagram is introducing a series of new safety features to protect users from sextortion scammers, the company announced on Thursday. Most notably, the company is no longer going to allow people to screenshot or screen record ephemeral images or videos sent in private messages.

Scammers are targeting teens by getting hold of their intimate photos. Instagram added some features to combat it.

Meta said Thursday Instagram is launching a new campaign to help teens and their parents avoid sextortion and fight the financially-driven scammers who prey on teens and children.

Meta is continuing its flurry of teen safety features for Instagram as the company faces mounting questions about its handling of younger users’ privacy and safety in its apps. The latest batch of updates are meant to tighten its protections against sextortion.

Instagram has announced new safety features to target sextortion scams and help better protect teenagers on the platform. The Meta-owned social media giant said it is using technology to spot signs that an account is engaging in scam behaviour and make it harder for them to interact with teenage users.

Instagram is introducing new measures to protect teens from sextortion, by making it harder for criminals to blackmail them.