{"id":220819,"date":"2026-03-06T23:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T04:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/new-instagram-feature-notifies-parents-of-self-harm-searches\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:05:08","slug":"new-instagram-feature-notifies-parents-of-self-harm-searches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/new-instagram-feature-notifies-parents-of-self-harm-searches\/","title":{"rendered":"New Instagram feature notifies parents of self-harm searches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/03\/07\/big-difference-between-invading-privacy-protecting-our-teens-new-instagram-feature-notifies-parents-self-harm-searches\/\">New Instagram feature notifies parents of self-harm searches<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/03\/07\/big-difference-between-invading-privacy-protecting-our-teens-new-instagram-feature-notifies-parents-self-harm-searches\/\">https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/03\/07\/big-difference-between-invading-privacy-protecting-our-teens-new-instagram-feature-notifies-parents-self-harm-searches\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-06 23:09:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wbrc.com\">www.wbrc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">(WBRC) &#8211; Instagram is rolling out a new feature that could help parents identify when their teen may be struggling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Starting this week, Instagram will notify parents if their teen repeatedly searches for terms related to suicide or self-harm within a short period of time. The alerts only go to parents already enrolled in Instagram\u2019s parental supervision program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The alerts are sent by email, text, or WhatsApp \u2014 and through the app itself. Parents who tap the notification receive a full explanation of what triggered it, along with expert resources to help guide a conversation with their teen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Instagram says it already blocks suicide and self-harm related searches from appearing in teen accounts, directing users to helplines instead. The new alerts add another layer, giving parents the opportunity to step in directly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Psychologist Dr. Josh Klapow says the feature addresses one of the biggest barriers parents face: knowing when to act.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis is one of those topics where we feel that it\u2019s delicate \u2014 but it\u2019s not so delicate that we can\u2019t talk about it. And that is often the problem,\u201d Dr. Klapow said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He says when a parent receives an alert, they won\u2019t be left without guidance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen that flag comes through, parents are warned and given resources \u2014 information about self-harm, numbers to call, websites to visit. So it\u2019s all consolidated for parents there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Some critics have raised concerns that monitoring teens\u2019 searches could do more harm than good, potentially driving behavior underground if teens know they\u2019re being watched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dr. Klapow says the answer is simple: don\u2019t hide it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThere is a big difference between invading privacy and protecting our teens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He urges parents to be upfront with their children from the start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThere should be no sneaking around. Teens should know parents are enrolling and that they\u2019re going to get flagged if there is concern that there may be self-harm,\u201d Dr. Klapow said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He says that honesty&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/03\/07\/big-difference-between-invading-privacy-protecting-our-teens-new-instagram-feature-notifies-parents-self-harm-searches\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Instagram feature notifies parents of self-harm searches https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/2026\/03\/07\/big-difference-between-invading-privacy-protecting-our-teens-new-instagram-feature-notifies-parents-self-harm-searches\/ Publish Date: 2026-03-06 23:09:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wbrc-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/JT2S6XVADJCXZPNGN2WCY5QKCU.jpg?auth=868b314f9c6c4c535444985802843f80d5ce2b70981987aeab9f65aa24d37094&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220821,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220819\/revisions\/220821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}