Slack removes message invites in DM feature over harassment concerns
Slack rolled out a new cross-organizational direct messaging feature, and hours later disabled the option to send a message alongside an invite due to concerns that the feature could be used to send abusive messages or enable harassment.
According to TechCrunch, with Connect DMs, "employees at more than 74,000 organizations and counting can now securely direct message anyone – inside or outside their company.” The feature is opt-in, not opt-out, and if the IT admins don’t turn the feature on, their users won’t be able to either send or receive DMs through the new system, TechCrunch reports.