"We want to make Instagram a positive place to express yourself", announced Kevin Systrom, co-founder and CEO of the company, "For this reason we are launching new tools to protect people's safety".
What is Systrom referring to? To changes that promise to reform the popular social network: control of comments, "like" photos, the possibility of removing followers from private profiles and anonymous reports on posts with self-harm references.
As for the first novelty, namely the control of comments, after allowing users to filter them by keywords, Instagram will allow its users to deactivate the comments received on any post. Doing so will be very simple: just click on "advanced settings" before publishing the posts in question, selecting "disable comments".
The second change introduced on the platform will be the possibility to "like" comments by selecting the heart-shaped icon (the "like of Instagram").
Those who have a private profile will be able to remove previously accepted followers. To "delete" an entry from the list, simply access the personal list and click on the menu next to the name of the follower you wish to delete. By doing so, the latter will no longer have access to the profile.
Finally, there are tools that will allow you to report posts of particular concern in terms of self-harm and suicidal intentions.
