Facebook Expands Self-Harm Prevention Program That Monitors Users’ ‘Thoughts of Suicide’

Facebook is flourish its hokey news - based self-destruction bar efforts . The company said today that it has plan to finally monitor and react to suicidal intention on Facebook “ worldwide , ” turn out the European Union .

These worker also uses pattern - identification computer software to determine what order they should retrospect flagged Post and videos , and to define which local federal agency they should alert about potential felo-de-se attempts . The flagging software look for certain phrase , like “ Can I facilitate ? ” and “ Are you fine ? ”

Facebook did not respond to a Gizmodo request for more information on how the machine - learning software flag posts that might include self-destructive thought , which could lead to multitude getting report to their local authorities .

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Rosen compose that , in the last month , Facebook connected with first responders on more than 100 event stemming from felo-de-se - related Facebook post . That does not admit the reports that Facebook has received from concerned users . Facebook also give rise a video recording of police military officer in Chautauqua County , New York , discussing a face in which a Facebook reported a mail of a person threatening to institutionalize suicide . harmonize to the sheriff and lieutenant in the television , local authorisation were capable to track the someone down through a “ cellphone ping ” and took her to a hospital .

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Rosen save that Facebook is expanding its employment of suicide - bar AI outside of the United States and plans to finally apply the system across the world , leave off the European Union . Facebook did not respond to a Gizmodo request for information on what other area will be included in this cause .

William Duplessie