"Our goal is to empower parents to step in if their teen's searches suggest they may need support. We also want to avoid sending these notifications unnecessarily, which, if done too much, could make the notifications less useful overall."
"Thousands of families - along with school districts and government entities - have sued Meta and other social media companies claiming they deliberately design their platforms to be addictive and fail to protect kids from content that can lead to depression, eating disorders and suicide."
Instagram announced it will notify parents through email, text, WhatsApp, or in-app notifications when their children repeatedly search for terms associated with suicide or self-harm. The feature applies only to parents enrolled in Instagram's parental supervision program. Instagram already blocks such content from appearing in teen search results and directs users to helplines. This announcement occurs amid two ongoing trials against Meta regarding platform harms to children, including allegations of deliberate addiction and inadequate protection from exploitative content. Meta executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, have disputed claims that social media causes addiction or mental health harms.
Read at ABC7 Los Angeles
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