Instagram Is Now Using Machine Learning to Help Detect Bullying on Its Platform

The comment filter it debuted in May was extended to Live videos

Instagram said it is now using machine learning technology to sniff out instances of bullying in photos and captions on its network and refer them to its community operations team for review.

The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network is also extending the bullying comment filter that it introduced in May to Instagram Live videos. It had already been in place for feed, profiles and Instagram’s Explore tab.

New head of Instagram Adam Mosseri addressed the addition of machine learning in a blog post: “This change will help us identify and remove significantly more bullying—and it’s a crucial next step, since many people who experience or observe bullying don’t report it.

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