Users who you don't follow are able to send you direct messages on Instagram. Unlike messages sent by your contacts, these messages appear as message requests in the Instagram direct message folder.

Secure instant messaging app Signal has rolled out a new feature called Message Requests that lets users approve or block who can contact them via text or voice call, or when they can be added to ...

Instagram has its default setting. When someone that you don't follow sends you a message on the platform, they will end up in a separate Requests section. But, if you don't want message requests from ...

Now, people you don’t follow can only send you one, text-only message to request to connect. Now, people you don’t follow can only send you one, text-only message to request to connect. is a news ...

As Signal Messenger continues on its mission to enter the mainstream, the company has heard from users who want more control over who can start a conversation, and how. Now when a person who isn't in ...

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Instagram said Wednesday that it will introduce a new tool that will filter out certain words, phrases and emojis from direct message requests as a way to clamp down on online abuse, building on ...

In recent weeks there has been an uptick in fake profiles messaging Facebook users through Instagram. The scammer will duplicate a real profile using that accounts Facebook profile image and send ...