Snapchat is introducing new safety features to shield youth from the worrying and expanding financial sextortion scam trend.
Snapchat is working to make it harder for teenagers to be contacted on the app by people they don’t know. This is its latest effort to stop the sexual and financial exploitation scam known as sextortion.
Expanded warning pop-ups that show up when a youngster receives a message from someone they don’t have in their contacts list or who they don’t have as common friends were among the new safety measures the firm unveiled on Tuesday. Snapchat stated in a blog post on Tuesday that kids will now get a warning notice if they receive a chat from a user who has been blocked, reported, or who lives in a place where the teen’s other connections aren’t. These are “signs that the person may be a scammer.”
Additionally, Snapchat will no longer allow teenagers to send friend requests to or from accounts that are not mutually friending and that are situated in areas that are frequently linked to scammers.
