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TNB Tech Minute: Instagram to Alert Parents If Teens Repeatedly Search For Self-Harm or Suicide

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Nvidia stock falls after earnings, drags down shares of European chip companies. And Sam Altman’s ‘human verification’ startup leans on household brands to sell a far-out concept. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:19.0

disaster relief, and economic empowerment.

0:22.5

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0:25.9

See how at uspMI.com.

0:31.1

Here's your afternoon, TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, February 26th.

0:35.3

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

0:37.7

Instagram will alert parents if their teens repeatedly search for terms related to self-harm or

0:42.6

suicide. The meta-owned social media app is stepping up efforts to protect minors, as several

0:47.6

governments weigh social media bans for younger users. In a blog post today, Instagram said

0:52.7

parents who have adopted the app's supervision tools

0:55.4

to monitor their children's profile activity would start receiving alerts next week. The service

1:00.3

will initially be available through emails, texts, WhatsApp messages, and in-app notifications for

1:05.5

parents and guardians in the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Australia. It'll expand to other countries

1:10.8

later this year.

1:12.6

Nvidia's Blockbuster Quarter wasn't enough to reassure the market. Shares fell about 5% Thursday afternoon.

1:19.2

Despite record sales, the chip giant's earnings failed to cool investor concerns of an AI bubble.

1:24.4

European semiconductor stocks joined U.S. tech stocks in remaining subdued. Dutch chip

1:29.1

machine company, ASML, Amsterdam listed ASM International, and BE semiconductors all fell more than

1:35.8

4%. The tech-heavy NASDAQ is down over 1%. And Sam Altman's human verification startup is leaning

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