Tag: suicide lifeline
Human
God-like, they assured me they knew what was wrong with me and had the elixir. But their elixir was a poison.
âConfidentialâ 988 Conversation Records Shared with Corporations
Recordings of 988 callersâ voice, text, and chat conversations are being shared with researchers, AI developers, and corporations without consent.
âYou Canât Coerce Someone into Wanting to Be Alive”: The Carceral...
âYou canât coerce someone into wanting to be alive. Force just doesnât work. People must be invited to live while supporters (healthcare professionals, social workers, loved ones) make their lives and world more habitable.â
MIA’s Suicide Hotline Transparency Project
This project aims to provide people in suicidal distress with the resources and information they need to make an informed choice about hotlines to call, particularly since call tracing, for some, can lead to traumatizing, or even lethal, interventions.
Roll-out of 988 Threatens Anonymity of Crisis Hotlines
Even after their own advisory committee criticized call tracing, leaders of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline have been lobbying government for cutting-edge mass surveillance and tracking technology. Privacy experts are raising concerns.
