Son searches for ‘suicide’ on Instagram? A notification will immediately alert parents

Instagram will start sending a notification ai parents when their teenage children they will repeated searches in a short space of time suicide o self-harm. He announces it Metaexplaining that the notices will be accompanied by resources developed with the contribution of experts to help them families to face conversations on sensitive topics.

According to the company, this is the first initiative with which i parents are notified in such a way proactive in case of repeated searches on these topics. Instagram already today it blocks searches attributable to suicide o self-harm and direct users to support lines e help resources. The notifications can be activated by searches that include directly related expressions to suicide or self-harm, phrases that indicate the intention to get hurt or terms like “suicide” and “self-harm.” The alerts they will be sent to parents via e-mail, SMS o WhatsApp (based on available contact details), as well as via notification in the app only to those who use the supervision tools. Tapping the alert will open a full screen message with the information that the teenager attempted to search for those contents several times in a short time, along with the expert advice.

Notification Policies and Cautions

Meta explains that, to avoid a excess of notifications which would reduce theeffectivenessil criterion was defined after aanalysis of research methods are Instagram and a comparison with one’s own Suicide and Self-Harm Advisory Groupadopting a “caution-oriented” approach. This means that, in some cases, a parent could receive theI notify even without a concrete reason to worry.

Timings and availability

Il roll-out will leave in next weeks: Instagram will inform parents e teenagers who use the supervision of the introduction of new notifications and, starting from the following week, thesending alerts. The first availability regard United States, United Kingdom, Australia e Canada. L’extension to other countriesincluding theItaliais expected during the year.

Future notifications with artificial intelligence

Meta finally announces that it is developing similar notifications also for notify parents just in case teenagers they try to start with artificial intelligence systems conversations related to suicide or self-harm.