New Instagram button exposes your ‘fake’ friends so you can block them – and update changes DMs forever too

INSTAGRAM has plans to crack down on spam with some new filtering tools.

The social media platform expanded on the upcoming changes in a blog post on December 13.

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The suite of new features is aimed at cleaning up users’ feeds and safeguarding their accounts.

Specifically, Instagram said it wants to give creators “the power to easily and proactively keep [their] accounts safe from unwanted interactions.”

Moreover, the company wants to provide transparency about content that may be affecting a user’s account status.

THE NEW FEATURES

Thanks to advancements in detection technology, Instagram’s new features can effectively identify potential spam activity.

This is meant to help users moderate fake followers in bulk.

The feature automatically categorizes suspected spam or bot requests into a separate inbox – similar to email.

Here, users can easily accept or delete accounts in one click.

Instagram users can also review and remove existing followers flagged by Instagram as potential bots. 

“And don’t worry, accounts will not be alerted when they are removed from your followers list,” the company assured.

Another feature lets users easily moderate their spammy tags.

“You’ll be able to review all of these potentially spammy tags and bulk delete them with no impact to your account by tapping ‘Delete all requests’,” Instagram said.

“Don’t feel like looking at a bunch of spammy tags? No problem! Tag requests that you don’t take action on will be automatically deleted in 30 days.”

This post first appeared on Thesun.co.uk