In an effort to make Instagram a safer place for teens, its parent company Meta is working on various child safety initiatives. In the next few weeks, they’ll be testing new features to help curb instances of financial sextortion, which the FBI recently reported is on the rise. Financial sextortion involves scammers convincing victims to send nude pics and then threatening to release them online unless the victims send money or gift cards. So the social media platform is trying to make it harder for scammers to prey on their victims with new safety features, which include blurring explicit images sent via direct messages and notifying users if they've interacted with accounts known for engaging in sextortion. The features will be rolled out to select test groups before coming to users across the platform.