Meta introduces new safety protections, including proactive parent alerts and stricter content filters, for teen conversations with Meta AI.

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• Meta will proactively alert supervising parents if their teen's Meta AI chat indicates self-harm or suicide risk.
• Flags generated by the dedicated AI detection system will be manually reviewed before alerts are sent.
• Parental alerts are launched for Instagram supervision in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, with global rollout by the end of the year.
• Meta is developing the capability to contact emergency services for users at imminent risk of self-harm.
• Instagram's stricter Limited Content setting is extended to limit prompts and responses in Meta AI chats.

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