--- title: Meta AI will now tell parents if their teen is in crisis description: Meta is rolling out a safety feature that alerts parents when their teenager's AI chatbot conversations suggest risk of suicide or self-harm. Currently live in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-ai-will-now-tell-parents-if-their-teen-is-in-crisis-ciwqdgdyt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meta AI will now tell parents if their teen is in crisis | daily.dev og:description: Meta is rolling out a safety feature that alerts parents when their teenager's AI chatbot conversations suggest risk of suicide or self-harm. Currently live in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meta-ai-will-now-tell-parents-if-their-teen-is-in-crisis-ciwqdgdyt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CIWqDGDyT.png og:image:alt: Meta AI will now tell parents if their teen is in crisis og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Meta AI will now tell parents if their teen is in crisis **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Meta is rolling out a safety feature that alerts parents when their teenager's AI chatbot conversations suggest risk of suicide or self-harm. Currently live in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada, with a South Africa launch planned before year-end. Flagged chats are reviewed by a human before any notification is sent via Instagram's parental supervision tools. The system only covers supervised accounts, leaving unsupervised teens without parental alerts. The move comes amid lawsuits against AI companies including Character.AI and OpenAI, FTC scrutiny, and a prior Senate investigation into Meta's own chatbot conduct with minors. Meta also plans to extend emergency service referrals to its AI chatbot, having already made over 19,000 such referrals via Facebook and Instagram last year. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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