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Facebook Launches Suicide-Prevention Effort

Posted by timothy on from the d'ya-call-in-sick? dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Facebook launched an initiative that gives users who have expressed suicidal thoughts the option to connect directly with a crisis counselor via Facebook chat. Facebook doesn't troll the site in search of those who might be suicidal; with 800 million users who generate billions of posts, Facebook's algorithm could easily misinterpret comments. Instead, the new initiative is dependent on people speaking up when they feel a friend might be in danger."

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  1. Taking trolling to the next level by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    U suicidal?

  2. Re:Sounds like a good thing by vlm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It sounds like a service thats just asking to be sold to the medical and life insurance companies.

    Oh look, you don't have a FB account? We can't evaluate if you're suicidal or not. Life insurance policy denied. bye bye.

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