Social media site Instagram is introducing several new safety features in the hopes of combatting rising rates of sextortion on the platform. The new safety features are designed to complement the recently introduced Instagram Teen accounts, which were introduced in September. Teen accounts are private as standard, but malicious accounts can still request to follow, and teens can allow the request and follow back accounts that may be harmful. Sextortion is a term for a rising kind of scam particularly being targeted at teens and young people.