How to grant access and view sensitive content on Instagram

How to grant access and view sensitive content on Instagram


Learn how to adjust the amount of sensitive content displayed in your Instagram feed; The network offers three different levels

If you wish to view sensitive content on Instagramyou can change the settings and determine that the social network shows more publications of this type. By default, the platform displays a moderate amount of materials considered sensitive, but there is room to adjust these levels.



What is sensitive content on Instagram?

Instagram considers sensitive content all posts that do not violate community guidelines, but present topics that not everyone wants to see. This includes posts about violence, sexually explicit or suggestive materials, and posts promoting regulated or controlled products, such as tobacco.

These topics usually do not break the rules, so Instagram would have no reason to remove them from the network; on the other hand, they can be annoying, so the alternative is to limit the viewing of these posts. There are cases where posts violate the rules and are removed, such as those with explicit violence and nudity.

How to view sensitive content more frequently on Instagram

To release more sensitive content into your feed, you need to change the preference in your network settings. The process can only be done on your mobile phone:

  1. Open the Instagram app;
  2. Log in to the profile;
  3. Tap the three-bar icon;
  4. Select “Content Suggestion”;
  5. Tap “Sensitive Content”;
  6. Choose one of the levels.



  7. Adjust the sensitive content levels of Instagram recommendations (Image: Screenshot/André Magalhães/Canaltech)

Restrictions for minors

Instagram’s sensitive content area only offers “Standard” and “Less” levels for accounts owned by teens under the age of 16. The move is part of a series of actions by the network to reduce minors’ exposure to explicit or sensitive content.

Additionally, the app has some filters for more sensitive topics, such as suicide and eating disorders: if a minor searches for the terms, the platform displays a notice with ways to ask for help.

If you have found a post that violates Instagram’s terms of use, you can report the responsible account there.

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