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Facebook to Extend Suicide Prevention Tools to the UK

posted by n1 on Sunday February 21 2016, @04:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the hear-to-help dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

PeFacebook is rolling out a new feature across the UK to help users who feel suicidal.

The Suicide Prevention tool has been developed in connection with the Samaritans.

It aims to try and provide advice and support for those struggling to cope, as well as for their friends and family.

People can now report posts they are worried about in a more direct way.

Versions of the tool were launched in the US a year ago and in Australia in December.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35608276/facebook-adds-new-suicide-prevention-tool-in-the-uk

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 21 2016, @09:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 21 2016, @09:26AM (#307689)

    Exactly. Stasi was just the anti-depression department of the East Germany...

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 21 2016, @09:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 21 2016, @09:39AM (#307692)

    It's a sad state of reality, when a cynic joke turns out to be real, mate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sluggish_schizophrenia/ [wikipedia.org]