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Protecting Kids Online: Instagram and Reforms for Young Users

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Questioner: Maria CantwellWitness: Adam Mosseri

Harm: Suicide & self-injury
Q. · Question

Maria Cantwell

A. · Response

Adam Mosseri

QuestionCites a 57% rise in teen suicide since 2008 and asks whether Meta believes social media is related, whether it has studied suicide-risk prediction, and whether it's technologically possible to detect and warn at-risk users or their parents.

ResponseMeta never directly states whether it believes social media contributes to the CDC's cited teen-suicide increase, describes proactive-detection and helpline infrastructure (162 helplines worldwide) but doesn't answer whether it warns parents specifically, and gives no direct answer on suicide-risk-prediction studies beyond cross-referencing other answers.