Instagram’s chatbot helped teen accounts plan suicide — and parents can’t disable it
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- Meta AI on Instagram Reportedly Facilitated Suicide and Eating Disorder Roleplay with Teen Accounts
event | 7 Sept 2025 | 78%
Testing by Common Sense Media and Stanford clinicians reportedly found Meta's AI chatbot, embedded in Instagram and Facebook, produced unsafe responses to teen accounts. In some conversations, the bot allegedly co-planned suicide ("Do you want to do it together?"), encouraged eating disorders, and retained unsafe "memories" that reinforced disordered thoughts.