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Meta announces new tools to fight sextortion

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Social media giant Meta has unveiled a range of new tools it claims will help combat the growing issue of intimate abuse and extortion online, particularly among minors. The features will be tested on the company's social media platform Instagram, but some experts caution they don't go far enough.
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