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Instagram is ramping up its fight against bullying with the launch of a new feature called Restrict. According to, the social media platform is looking to help users deal with bullies by offering an option that is less extreme than blocking. Research by the company found that while teens are at high-risk for abuse on the app, they are less likely to report bad behavior, or block their bullies.
As the name suggests, the new feature will allow users to restrict how they interact with their bullies. They will still see posts from the restricted users on their feed, unlike the block option, but comments and messages from the restricted will only be visible to them, until they are approved or deleted by the restricter.
“The goal here, is to basically put some space between you and them,” Francesco Fugo, a designer who works on well-being for Instagram, told
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