Instagram to alert parents if teens repeatedly search self-harm terms

Feature for supervised accounts rolls out as Meta platforms faces US trials over alleged harms to children Instagram said on Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to parents who are enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision program. Instagram says it already blocks such content from showing up in teen accounts’ search results and directs people to helplines instead. Continue r...

By Associated Press