Instagram has introduced a series of new safety features to prevent sextortion schemes, marking the platform's latest effort to protect users, especially teenagers, from online harm.

The safety changes are part of a broader campaign by Instagram designed to help teenagers and parents more easily spot sextortion scams, the social media platform announced Thursday.

Sextortion occurs when a victim is coerced to provide sexually explicit photos or videos of themselves and threatened with them being shared publicly.

The actors behind these scams often try to deceive teens about where they live to build trust, Instagram noted.

To prevent this, Instagram will test new safety notices in its direct messages and Messenger, which will inform teen users if they........

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