Protect creators from unwanted interactions with new proactive security tools

We know that, as a creator, sharing with your community motivates you to keep working, but take some time to delete comments Spam emails Deleting your posts or removing fake accounts from your follower list can be daunting. We know you can spend that time interacting with your followers.

Today we’re announcing a set of new tools that allow you to easily and proactively keep your profile safe from unwanted interactions, providing transparency about content that may impact your account status. Now you’ll have more time to do what you love most: creating content and connecting with your community.

Thanks to investments in detection, Instagram can proactively identify potential spam activity:

• We have improved automatic detection Spam emails In comments and tags Spam emailsAnd story views and fake followers.
• We also use enhanced detection to help you moderate fake followers and tags. Spam emails Mass.

We’re also updating the transparency in enforcement of our policies, to notify you of potentially infringing and non-recommended content so you can prevent issues more quickly and better understand our policies.

New tools allow mass removal of Spam emails And the followers of robots and the massive rejection of signs Spam emails It will reduce the time you spend moderating your account

With this advance in our automatic detection Spam emailsWe’re giving you more tools to easily control how these accounts interact with you. Spam emails, to reduce the time you spend moderating your account. Less time supervising means more time creating!

All suspicious accounts Spam emails Or a bot we block you from following will automatically be filtered into a separate inbox for you to review, along with any existing followers we think they might have. Spam emails Or bot accounts. If you see accounts you think it’s not Spam emailsYou can approve it and it will be added to your followers. But if you are sure that all these calculations Spam emails or bots, just press “Delete all unwanted followers” ​​(or do nothing and the requests will be automatically deleted). Don’t worry, you won’t receive any notifications when their account is removed from your follower list.

And if you get a lot of spam tags, remember that you won’t be tagged in those posts unless you approve them. You’ll likely be able to review all of these signs Spam emails Delete them in bulk without affecting your account by clicking “Delete all orders”. Don’t want to see a bunch of spam flags? No problem. Tag requests that you do not take action on will be automatically deleted within 30 days.

We also test point-of-view masking for the stories we take into account Spam emails. This will reduce the chance of these unwanted users interacting with you by participating in your stories.

Although it is now possible to hide comments on your posts that may be Spam emails Or offensive through our tool Hidden wordsWe are improving the ability to detect and hide spam comments by updating our site Advanced comment filtering To start filtering Spam emails suspecious.

We’re also testing ways to be more proactive about potential issues affecting your content.

When content you post conflicts with our Site Recommendations And Community standardsYou may be at risk of having the scope reduced or other actions being applied to your account. But we know that mistakes happen, or you may not be aware of some policies.

We want to give creators more information to help them stay recommended. We’re currently testing some in-app warnings that will tell you if some posts you’ve uploaded might go against some of our guidelines. These notices are intended to provide you with more information so you can make an informed decision about whether to keep or remove content.

You can get more details about recommendations and your account status here. We recommend that you check your account status regularly so that you can take proactive action regarding your account.

We’re committed to ensuring Instagram is the best place for creators to grow their audience and thrive. Today’s updates are just some of the ways we’re working to keep the platform secure and allow you to spend less time managing your account and more time working on your creativity.

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