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Ingebj酶rg spends hours every day on Instagram, but she鈥檚 not posting selfies. She鈥檚 trying to save lives.

This softly-spoken 22-year-old has made it her mission to keep an eye on hundreds of desperate young women and girls who post their self-harm pictures and suicidal thoughts on secret accounts that only trusted followers can see.

Many of those involved have eating disorders, depression or other mental health problems. They don鈥檛 trust healthcare workers or doctors.

But they do trust Ingebj酶rg. She can see what they post and she routinely calls the police when she thinks somebody is in danger. It鈥檚 earned her the nickname 鈥淭he Lifeguard鈥�.

Ingebj酶rg doesn鈥檛 work for Instagram. Saving lives isn鈥檛 her job, she has no formal training and nobody pays her for what she does. So should the Facebook-owned social network take more responsibility for helping its users?

And what would happen if Ingebj酶rg wasn鈥檛 there?

If you are affected by the issues discussed you can find information about support organisations on the Befrienders Worldwide website https://www.befrienders.org/

Presenter: Catrin Nye
Producer: Ed Main
Editor: Mike Wendling

(Photo Caption: Ingebj酶rg in her home city of Bergen, Norway / Photo credit: 麻豆约拍)