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Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram's new anti-bullying tools

Facebook-owned photo and video sharing platform Instagram on Tuesday introduced several new safety features

Sentinel Digital Desk

Facebook-owned photo and video sharing platform Instagram on Tuesday introduced several new safety features in its latest effort to fight online bullying and other kinds of online harassment. The new features arrive as the social media platform has been criticised for becoming the center of various bullying acts, especially among young adults and teens, globally. The Facebook-owned application said it is making it easier to block multiple people at once and offering tools to restrict who can tag users, reports Yonhap news agency.Among the new tools is allowing Instagram users to block comments on their posts from a certain user without the user knowing, according to Instagram. (IANS)