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Facebook Rolls Out New Tools to Help Prevent Suicide

| March 1, 2015 Comment

Facebook Rolls Out New Tools to Help Prevent Suicide – People struggling with thoughts of suicide or self-harm often drop hints to friends in conversation, in emails — even on Facebook.

The social network is adding resources to help people having such thoughts, it announced on Wednesday. Starting in the next few months, a post indicating suicidal or harmful thoughts can be flagged by a friend as such, at which point Facebook will be alerted — after advising the flagger to call emergency services if deemed necessary.

A third party will review reported posts, then decide whether to reach out to the user with advice and support. Facebook lets the user know that “a friend thinks you might be going through something difficult and asked us to look at your recent post.”

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