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Are Facebook's Suicide Prevention Efforts Unsafe?
- The New York Times, Wednesday, January 2, 2019 12:17 PM
Some mental health experts and police officials are calling Facebook’s efforts to address suicidal users as potentially harmful. “Facebook’s calls to the police could also cause harm -- such as unintentionally precipitating suicide, compelling nonsuicidal people to undergo psychiatric evaluations, or prompting arrests or shootings,” The New York Times reports.
