Netflix Is Adding More Trigger Warnings To "13 Reasons Why"

Netflix says it will add more trigger warnings to its new hit show 13 Reasons Why, which is targeted at teenagers, and includes graphic depictions of suicide and sexual violence. The show has included several precautions since it was released on March 31st — it is rated TV-MA, includes a content warning before two of the episodes, and links to suicide-prevention resources in the documentary following the series. Now, Netflix will include “an additional viewer warning card before the first episode” as well as strengthen “the messaging and resource language in the existing cards.” 13 Reasons Why centers around a high school student who commits suicide and leaves behind a box of cassette tapes that detailing her decision. In April, Twitter reported that the show as the “most tweeted about” of 2017 so far.


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