Instagram’s new tools to prevent abusive content

Instagram said it has added new features to combat hate speech and abusive content on its platform. Instagram’s new tool will automatically filter DM requests containing offensive words, phrases, and emojis, preventing recipients from seeing the messages in the first place. In the next few weeks, Instagram will also allow users to block specific accounts along with preemptively blocking new accounts the person may create. Additionally, Instagram will also hide misspellings of offensive words from comments filter list, to prevent users from seeing them.