Meta’s head of global safety said “sextortion” has become more common across social media platforms, including Instagram.

Meta said Thursday Instagram is launching a new campaign to help teens and their parents avoid sextortion and fight the financially-driven scammers who prey on teens and children.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, launched new protections aimed at protecting teens from sextortion on Instagram. NBC News Savannah Seller reports.

Multiple teams at Meta were hit by layoffs on Wednesday, the company confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch, noting these changes were made to reallocate

Meta has begun laying off employees across various departments, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs, according to people familiar with the matter. Rather than a mass, companywide layoff, these smaller cuts seem to coincide with reorganizations of specific teams.

The Verge report did not specify the exact number of job cuts but mentioned that they were small. Meta also did not comment on the numbers.

Meta is working with horror studio Blumhouse and creators including Casey Affleck to collect feedback about its Movie Gen AI video models.

Meta claimed the tool could rival offerings from leading media generation startups such as OpenAI and ElevenLabs.

Facebook owner Meta said on Thursday it had teamed up with Blumhouse Productions, the Hollywood company behind popular horror films such as "The Purge" and "Get Out," to put its new generative AI video model Movie Gen to the test.