In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes On Tricky Public Health Role

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/technology/facebook-suicide-screening-algorithm.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
January 01, 2019 at 12:44AM

Some doctors warn that Facebook is becoming an arbiter of users’ mental distress without proving that its efforts are accurate, effective or safe.