{"id":203165,"date":"2026-02-26T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=203165"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:30:13","slug":"yost-sign-up-for-instagram-supervision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/26\/yost-sign-up-for-instagram-supervision\/","title":{"rendered":"Yost: sign up for Instagram supervision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS —\u00a0In an effort to help address teen mental-health concerns, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging parents across the state to enroll in Instagram\u2019s parental supervision tools as the platform prepares to launch a new alert system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning next week, Instagram will notify parents who use the features if their teen repeatedly searches for terms related to suicide or self-harm within a short period. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Dave Yost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cParents can\u2019t possibly know everything their kids are doing, But this new tool gives moms and dads a window into warning signs that might otherwise go unseen,\u201d Yost said. \u201cKnowledge is power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yost further encouraged parents to use the alerts as an opportunity to talk openly with their children about mental health and online activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alerts are designed to give parents timely information and access to resources to help guide potentially difficult conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram reportedly already blocks searches clearly associated with suicide and self-harm and directs users to crisis resources and help lines. The new notification system adds another layer of protection by notifying parents about repeated search behavior that is concerning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parents can learn more and set up supervision by visiting Instagram\u2019s Help Center<\/a> or navigating to the \u201cSupervision\u201d section within the app\u2019s settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS —\u00a0In an effort to help address teen mental-health concerns, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging parents across the state to enroll in Instagram\u2019s parental supervision tools as the platform prepares to launch a new alert system. Beginning next week, Instagram will notify parents who use the features if their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 04:12:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203166,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203165\/revisions\/203166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}