LONDON: Meta has unveiled a range of new safety features designed to protect users, in particular young people, from “sextortion” and intimate image abuse.

The social media giant – which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – has confirmed it will begin testing a nudity filter in Direct Messages (DMs) on Instagram.

Called Nudity Protection, this feature will be on by default for those aged under 18 and will automatically blur images sent to users which are detected as containing nudity, better protecting users from seeing unwanted nudity in their DMs.