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Instagram to alert parents to teens’ self-harm searches
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To receive the Instagram alerts, teenagers and parents must be enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision tools.
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Aimee Ortiz
SAN FRANCISCO - Instagram will begin notifying parents when their teenage children use the platform to repeatedly search for terms related to suicide or self-harm.
The alerts “are designed to give parents the information they need to support their teen and come with expert resources to help parents approach these sensitive conversations,” Meta, which owns Instagram, said in a news release on Feb 26.
