Twitter to Soon Rollout a New Feature That will Help Block Unsolicited Sexually Explicit DMs
With rampant incidents of sexual harassment transcending mediums and slithering its way into social media platforms, there’s been a spurt of unsolicited sexually explicit messages and photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms. So in order to safeguard social media profiles, the microblogging platform is reportedly working on a feature that will keep out sexual content of such nature from the DMs, a report in Buzzfeed said. Looks like Twitter is rolling out the “Filter Graphic Media” toggle for DM pic.twitter.com/ufVJUYIDAj— Jane Manchun Wong December 17, 2020 Earlier in February this year, a developer by the name of Kelsey Bressler had developed a filter as ‘safe DM’ for the microblogging platform that aimed to remove at least 99% of sexual content from DMs using AI technology. A spokesperson had said about the new feature the platform was planning to start, “To help people feel safe and in control on Twitter, we’re testing a few changes to Direct Messages including the ability to mute people from message requests, as an alternative to blocking or reporting.” But are these methods enough to curb instances of cyber sexual harassment?
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