Our life would never be the same without posting pictures on Instagram, writing our thoughts on Twitter, or sharing memes on Facebook. Social media plays an essential role in our lives, but it also represents a potential risk to our privacy since all our information is public. On the other hand, we have cyberbullying hitting many users on social media with negative or harmful comments, posts, or messages. The victim can manifest phobias, anxiety, depression, or could even end in a catastrophic event.

Due to these kinds of problems, Instagram has been thinking about those direct message requests from unknown users. Not all of those users want to hurt, but what if they want to do it? According to recent studies, DM requests from unidentified users are more likely to include abusive, offensive, or harmful content.

Instagram is about to launch a new update focused on abusive content that could damage users' self-esteem. In this new update, Instagram will now let users filter out all those offensive or abusive messages. In this way, we will not have to deal with harmful messages from users we don't even know. To turn on the new filter, you must go to Hidden Words in the privacy settings, where the user can customize a list of emojis, words, or phrases that could be offensive.

It is not about taking social media out of our lives because we use many platforms for school or work, but we must be careful with our public posts. It is also great to see those Social Media companies taking their users' safety and privacy seriously, but remember that your electronics can also store large amounts of data. GreenTek solutions offer professional services for the safe, correct, and ecological data erasure of your iOS or Android devices.