Instagram to alert parents if teens repeatedly search self-harm terms
Feature for supervised accounts rolls out as Meta platform faces US trials over alleged harms to childrenInstagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm.The announcement on Thursday comes as Instagram’s parent company,...
<p>Feature for supervised accounts rolls out as Meta platform faces US trials over alleged harms to children</p><p>Instagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm.</p><p>The announcement on Thursday comes as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/instagram">Instagram</a>’s parent company, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/meta">Meta</a>, is in the midst of two trials over harms to children.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/instagram-meta-self-harm-searches">Continue reading...</a>
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