{"id":22149,"date":"2026-02-28T21:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/instagram-to-alert-parents-if-teens-repeatedly-search-self-harm-terms\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T20:37:39","slug":"instagram-to-alert-parents-if-teens-repeatedly-search-self-harm-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/instagram-to-alert-parents-if-teens-repeatedly-search-self-harm-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram to alert parents if teens repeatedly search self-harm terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feature for supervised accounts rolls out as Meta platform faces US trials over alleged harms to children<\/p>\n<p>Instagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement on Thursday comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a>\u2019s parent company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/meta\">Meta<\/a>, is in the midst of two trials over harms to children.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/26\/instagram-meta-self-harm-searches\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c9e51f4d6e838e3afbeffbbcacbbbf2152753ba3\/268_1288_1846_1476\/master\/1846.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=74350e09935ce2acac03e0390d3c98c7\" title=\"Instagram to alert parents if teens repeatedly search self-harm terms\" \/>Feature for supervised accounts rolls out as Meta platform faces US trials over alleged harms to children<br \/>\nInstagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm.<br \/>\nThe announcement on Thursday comes as Instagram\u2019s parent company, Meta, is in the midst of two trials over harms to children. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feature for supervised accounts rolls out as Meta platform faces US trials over alleged harms to children Instagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The announcement on Thursday comes as Instagram\u2019s parent company, Meta, is in the midst of two trials over harms to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/instagram-to-alert-parents-if-teens-repeatedly-search-self-harm-terms\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Instagram to alert parents if teens repeatedly search self-harm terms<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22149"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}