Instagram says it will notify parents about searches for terms related to suicide

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press

Instagram said 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.

The announcement comes as Meta, Instagram’s parent company, is...