Instagram Rolls Out New User Safety Tools

Instagram revealed three new safety tools Tuesday: the ability to turn off commenting, to remove followers from private accounts and to anonymously report posts that hint at the intention of self-injury.

Instagram revealed three new safety tools Tuesday: the ability to turn off commenting, to remove followers from private accounts and to anonymously report posts that hint at the intention of self-injury.

Co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom detailed the new options in a blog post, adding that Tuesday’s announcement marks the first steps of an ongoing commitment to user safety.

Systrom detailed the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network’s new comment control features:

Comments are where the majority of conversation happens on Instagram.

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