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Instagram does not use technology to proactively detect content within private messages but it has announced new measures, including removing abusive accounts, in a bid to reduce the abuse people get in direct messages.
Facebook content policy manager Fadzai Madzingira said: I am horrified that they have to deal with that sort of abuse and as a company we take it very seriously. We ve always had rules around people who abuse our community standards in Instagram direct messaging, specifically. Currently we will set a specific ban or what we call a block for a set amount of time when someone violates those rules and we extend that time should they continue to do so.
Instagram vows to remove accounts of people who send abusive direct messages
Romaine Sawyers, Lauren James, Reece James and Axel Tuanzebe have all been targeted recently (PA)
Instagram has announced new measures to tackle online abuse in the wake of the latest spate of sickening racist attacks on footballers.
Manchester United players Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Axel Tuanzebe and Lauren James are among those to have been subjected to racism on social media in the last fortnight alone.
A man was arrested during that period after Romaine Sawyers was sent what West Brom called an “abhorrent message”, while Chelsea full-back Reece James – brother of Lauren – was sent vile abuse via an Instagram direct message.
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