Instagram to alert parents if teens search for self-harm and suicide content
Safety campaigners say Meta is "passing the buck" with its new feature for parents in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.
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""This clumsy announcement is fraught with risk and we are concerned that forced disclosures could do more harm than good.""
— Andy Burrows , Executive
""Imagine being a parent of a teenager and getting a message at work saying 'your child is thinking of ending their life'... I don't know how I'd react.""
— Ian Russell , Activist
""Parents contact us every day to say how worried they are about their children online.""
— Ged Flynn , Executive
""If Meta is to take child safety seriously, it needs to return to the drawing board and make its systems age-appropriate by design and default.""
— Leanda Barrington-Leach , Executive
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Chief executive of the Molly Rose Foundation.
Chief executive of charity Papyrus Prevention of Young Suicide.
A bereaved parent criticizing the government's ban approach.
Executive director at children's charity 5Rights.
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Safety campaigners say Meta is "passing the buck" with its new feature for parents in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.
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