Carmi Levy

But we went through this with them with Instagram when they were of that age.

And so I don't think it's an invasion of their privacy.

I think parents need to have more visibility into their kids' social media use.

And certainly this qualifies.

And this just adds to the growing list of services, features available to both parents and kids to help keep kids safer online.

And so by that definition, in that context, it is a good thing.

It's another tool to add to the toolkit, and it's another thing for parents to talk about with their kids.

Again, we're not spying on them.

We are alongside them in this social media journey to make sure that it is a safe one for them.

And so if your kid is using Instagram and searching on suicide-related topics repeatedly within a short time period, I think it's a good thing that that flags to mom and dad and a caregiver so that it can, in fact, serve as the basis for necessary conversation.

Awareness is the key to this and anything that raises that is a good thing.

I think we should laud Meta for introducing it on Instagram and hopefully it'll come to their other platforms, other apps in the months to come.

It's available in Canada, the US, the UK and Australia rolling out now.

And they're going to add it'll go global at some point eventually.

And yet again, the more the merrier, because up until now, social media use has largely been a quiet thing.

Kids kind of get into trouble on their own without parental awareness.

This helps address that and it kind of allows help to be brought in in a timely fashion before a tragedy occurs.

Now, while the messaging to parents is a good thing, that's step number one.

Step number two is talking to your kids.

And I'm glad we brought this up because tomorrow night on this show, we're going to have a psychologist on to discuss this topic exactly.