Instagram will automatically filter out abusive messages from users’ inbox, it has announced. The new update for the Facebook-owned photo service will focus on direct message requests, but not the ...

Steam now lets you make a custom list of words you want filtered from your chat experience, Steam owner Valve has announced. The Steam Text & Chat Filtering feature already removes commonly used ...

One of the problems with multiplayer is that it only takes a small number of loud mouthed, racist jerks to ruin the experience for the community at large. In an effort to prevent this, Electronic Arts ...

As predicted, Instagram is rolling out a comment filter to all Instagram users. While the disappearance of literally thousands of snake emoji from Taylor Swift's Instagram account prompted speculation ...

Steam is testing a new chat filter system that’ll allow users to customize their experience by blocking certain words or phrases they don’t want to see. A chat filtering service is already in place on ...

Threads and Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today that Threads is launching a new feature that lets users filter out words and phrases from their feeds and mentions. The “Hidden Words” feature ...

Hinge is adding a “Hidden Words” feature to its app, which will filter out likes with comments containing those phrases or words. It pretty much works like a mute filter on social media apps. On Hinge ...

With thousands of potential matches, opening up any dating app can feel like wading through a sea of spam and unwanted texts. But now, Hinge has made it easier than ever to avoid time wasters and ...

Mind your hearts and asterisks. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new feature has been added to Steam that allows users to tweak ...