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The new feature comes as other countries consider their own social media bans for teenagers. (ABC North Qld: Meghan Dansie)
Instagram will send alerts to opted-in parent accounts if a child searches for suicide or self-harm content repeatedly.
There are concerns about the evolution of online language and the limitation that it only applies to "teen accounts".
The feature will be introduced in Australia next week, Meta said.
Instagram will alert parents if their child searches for suicide or self-harm terms, the company behind the social media platform has said.
If a child using a "Teen Account" frequently searches for terms about suicide or self-harm within a short period of time, an adult would receive an alert, Meta said. The adult account must be opted in to supervision settings over the teen account.
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Parents will be sent alerts by Instagram if their teen is searching for suicide or self-harm-related content.
The popular social media site has announced it is introducing the notifications for Australian parents in the coming weeks.
People using Instagram's supervision tools will receive an alert if their child repeatedly searches for terms relating to suicide or self-harm.
The message will be received via an in-app notification, as well as email, SMS or WhatsApp, explaining the searches have occurred while providing expert-backed guidance on how to have a conversation about it with their children.
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In the coming weeks, Instagram will start notifying parents using supervision if their teen repeatedly tries to search for terms related to suicide or self-harm within a short period of time. This is the latest protection for Teen Accounts and Instagram’s parental supervision features.
We understand how sensitive these issues are, and how distressing it could be for a parent to receive an alert like this. The vast majority of teens do not try to search for suicide and self-harm content on Instagram, and when they do, our policy is to block these searches, instead directing them to resources and helplines that can offer support. These alerts are designed to make sure parents are aware if their teen is repeatedly trying to search for this content, and to give them the resources they need to support their teen.
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