Instagram, against bullying comes the Silence button, here's how it works

It is essentially a function to block another user in complete safety and anonymity. It is now active also in Italy.

Instagram has announced two new features against bullying

The first is called Silenzia and is already available. If it is selected by a user in relation to someone, his comments on his posts will only be visible to the profile holder. You can choose to make the comments of a silenced person visible to others by approving them. The silenced person will not be able to see when the user is active on Instagram or when he has read his direct messages.

How does it work. It is essentially a function to block another user in complete safety and anonymity. Users can silence someone by scrolling to the left a comment, through the Privacy section in Settings or directly on the profile of the account that you intend to silence. Once activated, comments on one's silenced person's posts will be visible only to the latter. You can choose to view the comment by clicking on "View comment" and approve it, so as to make it visible, delete it or ignore it. If you silence someone you will not receive any notification regarding the comments made by the silenced account. Direct messages will be automatically moved to message requests without receiving notification. The messages will remain visible, but the silenced person will not be able to see if the user has read his direct messages or if he is active on Instagram.


Removing the "Silence" option, future messages of the previously silenced person will be visible again in the inbox.

The other feature is based on artificial intelligence that notifies people when their comment can be considered offensive before it is published. "It gives people the opportunity to reflect and cancel their comment and prevents the recipient from receiving notification of the comment. From the first tests performed on this feature, it was discovered that it encourages some people to cancel their comment and share something less offensive after they have had a chance to think about it, "explains Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram.