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Instagram to alert parents when teens search for info on suicide or self-harm
Alerts will notify parents enrolled in Instagram parental supervision about repeated teen searches for suicide or self-harm, including resources to help start conversations, Meta said.
- On Thursday, Instagram said it will alert parents when teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm terms, starting next week in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada for accounts enrolled in parental supervision tools.
- Legal scrutiny intensified after testimony last week as Meta Platforms Inc. faces multiple trials alleging apps harm young users, with Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., testifying in Los Angeles Superior Court.
- Instagram will flag a cluster of searches by a teen, triggering alerts after a few searches within a short period via email, text, WhatsApp, or in-app with optional resources for parents.
- The company says the alerts aim to prompt parental intervention, adding they may flag searches without real cause and that internal research at Meta found parental controls had limited impact, with potential structural changes to apps possible.
- Instagram says it will broaden alerts to AI experiences, extending parental notifications to certain AI conversations and expanding to other regions later this year as Meta develops its Avocado AI model.
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Instagram says it will notify parents if teens 'repeatedly' search suicide
Instagram said Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm.
·Helena, United States
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Instagram will alert parents if their children conduct repeated research on terms clearly associated with suicide or self-injury.
·Montreal, Canada
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Instagram will soon alert Canadian parents when teens search self-harm content: Here’s how to get the notifications
Instagram will be rolling out new protections that will alert Canadian parents when their teen searches for self-harm content. Here’s how to set-up parental supervision so you can get the alerts.
·Hamilton, Canada
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Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, will now notify parents in several countries if their child regularly enters search terms related to…
·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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