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FCC proposes text support for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
An FCC proposal would let people text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline when calling isn't an option.
FCC makes 988 the 3-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
FCC designates 988 as the 3-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
FCC to vote on designating ‘988’ as national suicide prevention hotline number
The FCC will vote on changing the hotline’s dialing code to “988,” Chairman Ajit Pai announced Tuesday. The report also found that from 1999 to 2016, suicide increased in 49 of the 50 states.
Reddit lets users support one another with Crisis Text Line partnership
As the topic of mental health becomes less of a social taboo, tech companies are increasingly exploring ways they can do good in this area. Reddit is the latest to do so, today announcing a new partnership with Crisis Text Line. Through this partnership, redditors will receive a private message directing them how to connect and text with a trained crisis counselor at the moment they need them.
Facebook says it's doing more to prevent suicide and self-harm
In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day, Facebook shared three additional steps it's taking to prevent suicide and self-harm. On top of changes Facebook made in the past year, the company says it's hiring a health and well-being expert to join its safety policy team. Facebook plans to share its social media monitoring tool, CrowdTangle, with select academic researchers who will explore how Facebook and Instagram can further advance suicide prevention. And the company is including Orygen's #chatsafe guidelines in Facebook's Safety Center and in resources on Instagram when someone searches for suicide or self-injury content.
FCC proposes '988' for quick access to national suicide prevention line
The FCC wants accessing a national suicide prevention line to be as simple as dialing 988. In a report sent to Congress today, staff members recommend that the FCC designate 988 as the 3-digit dialing code for a nationwide suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline.
UK university will study students' social media data to prevent suicide
A university in the UK is planning to use data analytics to help prevent student suicide. Northumbria University, and a handful of partner organizations, will collect data from students' social media accounts to create an "Early Alert Tool." If successful, it will identify students in crisis so the university can provide aid.
Apple employees appear in 'It Gets Better' video
Update: Adam Christianson points out that YouTube seems to have removed the video for a policy violation due to "depiction of harmful activities." We're reaching out to YouTube for comment. Update 2: The video has been restored and is once again visible below and on YouTube.com. As a matter of policy, YouTube does not comment on individual videos that are removed from the service, but a spokesperson provided the following statement to TUAW: "With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call. When it's brought to our attention [that] a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it." While it's tempting to dive into the conspiracy theory deep end when something like this happens ("OMG Apple made YouTube pull the video!!!"), in this case it seems like it was a simple -- and rapidly correctable -- mistake. Original post below. --- Several Apple employees have appeared in a video for the It Gets Better project, which is part of The Trevor Project, an organization out to prevent suicides in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered youths. The video, posted below, is pretty powerful stuff and doesn't really require much additional commentary on our part. Keep in mind there's language and themes discussed in the video that are possibly NSFW, so maybe wait for your work commute or until you get home to watch it. [via MacStories] Note: Due to the topic of this post, we will be strictly moderating comments. We are always happy to host civil and respectful discussions.
