{"id":51227,"date":"2020-07-22T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2667306"},"modified":"2020-07-22T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T18:20:00","slug":"facebook-introduces-new-privacy-settings-for-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/22\/facebook-introduces-new-privacy-settings-for-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook introduces new privacy settings for Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">Messenger&rsquo;s &ldquo;app lock&rdquo; feature is now official.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-07%2F91b6d1c0-cbb8-11ea-b7bb-76162085f2c9&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=512175c75d8d9b59d626953e634801eea2cda301\" alt=\"Facebook Messenger&#039;s &quot;app lock&quot; feature is official on iOS and will be on Android &quot;soon.&quot;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Facebook%20introduces%20new%20privacy%20settings%20for%20Messenger;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Facebook Messenger will introduce new privacy controls that will give users the ability to limit who can send them messages. The app will soon begin testing new settings that will users &ldquo;decide who can message or call you directly, who goes to your requests folder, and who can&rsquo;t message or call you at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The company notes the features are similar to those offered&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/about.instagram.com\/blog\/announcements\/making-instagram-safer-for-the-youngest-members-of-our-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by Instagram<\/a>, which added more fine-grained controls for messaging in December. Messenger will also experiment with a feature that automatically blurs images sent by users who aren&rsquo;t already your Facebook friend &mdash; presumably because these are more likely to be spammy or otherwise inappropriate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>Messenger is also now making its<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/facebook-test-lock-inbox-face-id-184615566.html\">&nbsp;&ldquo;app lock&rdquo;<\/a>&nbsp;feature official. The update adds an extra layer of security to Messenger chats by allowing users to require face or fingerprint authentication before accessing messages. The feature is available now on iOS, and will be &ldquo;coming soon&rdquo; to Android.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/facebook-test-lock-inbox-face-id-184615566.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/facebook-test-lock-inbox-face-id-184615566.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Karissa Bell<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Karissa Bell<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Messenger&rsquo;s &ldquo;app lock&rdquo; feature is now official. Facebook Messenger will introduce new privacy controls that will give users the ability to limit who can send them messages. The app will soon begin testing new settings that will users &ldquo;decide who can message or call you directly, who goes to your requests folder, and who can&rsquo;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/22\/facebook-introduces-new-privacy-settings-for-messenger\/\">Continue reading <span>Facebook introduces new privacy settings for Messenger<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/22\/facebook-introduces-new-privacy-settings-for-messenger\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Facebook introduces new privacy settings for Messenger - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/22\/facebook-introduces-new-privacy-settings-for-messenger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook introduces new privacy settings for Messenger - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Messenger&rsquo;s &ldquo;app lock&rdquo; feature is now official. 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