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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. FFFFFFFFF I just outed meself! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    4Chan follows suit, hires on-staff crisis counselor noted self-help author Anne Hiro