Messenger From Facebook Marks Safer Internet Day With New Privacy, Safety Features

Images and videos are blurred in message requests, and a bulk delete option was added

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Messenger From Facebook marked Safer Internet Day with the release of several new privacy and safety features.

Message requests from people users aren’t already connected with now provide more context on who the requestor is, and images and videos are blurred in order to prevent the recipient of the request from seeing unwanted content.



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Bulk delete options were also added, and the delete and block options were made more prominent in the request thread.

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