Suicides rise in ICE detention, 911 calls detail serious cases of self-harm

For years, immigrant rights groups have complained about the conditions inside detention facilities, often too cold, overcrowded and sometimes unsanitary. Immigrants often don’t know when they are being released. ICE currently is holding nearly 60,000 people, up from roughly 34,000 during the Biden administration, and immigrants are staying on average 50 days, up from 36. … Read more

Hawley champions GUARD Act as heartbroken families say AI chatbots allegedly pushed teens to self-harm

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The unanimous committee passage of a new Senate bill regulating artificial intelligence (AI) on Thursday was driven by harrowing testimony from American families whose children were allegedly lured, manipulated and pushed to self-harm by AI chatbots. At a Senate committee hearing, lawmakers heard firsthand accounts from parents … Read more

Instagram will alert parents to teens’ repeated suicidal or self-harm searches

The move comes as Instagram’s parent company, Meta, and other social media platforms face ongoing scrutiny over the safety of their products, particularly for young people. In Los Angeles, a consolidated group of cases with more than 1,600 plaintiffs, including more than 350 families and over 250 school districts, are accusing Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and … Read more

Instagram to alert parents when teens search for info on suicide or self-harm

Meta-owned Instagram will soon alert parents if their teenage child uses the app to search for content related to suicide or self-harm, the technology company’s latest effort to shore up safety features as it faces heat over how social media impacts young people.  Meta said that, starting next week, parents who use Instagram’s supervision tools … Read more

California girl targeted by Pennsylvania man linked to self-harm ideology

The FBI rescued a 13-year-old girl who was lured to a California motel room by a Pennsylvania man she met online who allegedly groomed her to send him sexually explicit images and to commit self-harm. Matthew Edward Pysher, 18, had been in contact with the victim for three months before he and the girl met … Read more