Instagram will alert parents if their kids ‘repeatedly’ search for self-harm topics

The alerts will start rolling out to Teen accounts with parental supervision protections next week. | Image: Meta / The Verge

Starting next week, Instagram will notify parents to check on their teen searching for terms related to self-harm or suicide. Meta says a similar alert system for its AI chatbots is coming later this year.

The new Instagram feature sends parents an alert when their child "repeatedly tries to search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm within...