Hacking of accounts is a very severe problem now a days.

To keep accounts protected and prevent hacking, Instagram has shared some tips and introduced security features.

There are various ways like sending links, softwares, coding and more that hackers might use to hack accounts but the common mistakes made by us can make it simple for them to gain unauthorised access to our accounts. It is important to follow certain measures that can reduce the risk of accounts being hacked.

– Enable two-factor authentication: Instagram has introduced this feature which keeps the account owner aware if someone tries to login into their account. Instagram has recommended Google Authenticator as the best-suited authentication app to enable two-factor verification and keeping accounts safe.

– Instagram account users are advised keep their phone number and email address.

– Users should set a strong password using numbers, letters and special characters. Also, one should change the password regularly. Refrain from repeating passwords or using the same password for different sites.

– Users should remain cautious about scammers and phishers as they try to peek into your personal information and convince you by tricking and sending messages or links or emails.

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform, Instagram is expanding the Sensitive Content Control feature, which will now enable users to control the amount of sensitive content and accounts which they see on the platform. Instagram has stated that the Sensitive Content Control will cover all surfaces where we make recommendations.”In addition to Explore, you will now be able to control the amount of sensitive content and accounts you see in Search, Reels, Accounts You Might Follow, Hashtag Pages and In-Feed Recommendations,” the photo-sharing platform said in a blog post.

“With this update, we are also applying the technology we use to enforce our Recommendation Guidelines to Instagram’s recommendations on Search and Hashtag pages,” it added.

The update will be made available for everyone globally in the coming weeks.

The Sensitive Content Control has three options: which have been renamed from when it first introduced the control to help explain what each option does. The three options are:

“More”

“Standard”

“Less”

Meta is currently facing a fresh set of lawsuits that accuse the company of deliberately making two of its platforms, Facebook and Instagram, addictive to young people in order to make profits from them.

Beasley Allen Law, the law firm that filed the eight lawsuits last week, said that the young users were driven to self-harm or developed eating disorders and sleeplessness after excessive use of Facebook and Instagram. The lawsuits were filed in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas.

“The defendants knew that their products and related services were dangerous to young and impressionable children and teens, yet they completely disregarded their own information,” said Andy Birchfield, a Beasley Allen attorney, in a statement on Wednesday.

One of the suits was filed on Monday by a Tennessee mother who said that her 15-year-old daughter’s heavy use of Meta’s products led her to suicidal ideation and self-harm.

According to court documents seen by Insider, the woman’s attorneys said her daughter received notifications from the apps all day, causing her to become addicted to the apps.

She is also suffering from an eating disorder, severe anxiety, depression, and poor sleep, per the lawsuit.

The lawsuit said that Meta failed to warn the daughter and her mother “of the dangers of addiction, sleep deprivation, and problematic use of the Meta platform(s).” It also claimed that the company “misrepresented the safety, utility, and non-addictive properties of their products.”