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> Over the past month of testing, Facebook has initiated more than 100 “wellness checks” with first-responders visiting affected users. “There have been cases w
by zkms 9y ago
> Over the past month of testing, Facebook has initiated more than 100 “wellness checks” with first-responders visiting affected users. “There have been cases where the first-responder has arrived and the person is still broadcasting.”
It's important to note here that "first-responder" here means police; because suicide tends to either be a crime, or something for which police can legally take you into custody for. Regardless of what you think of this, any intellectually honest discussion of this must acknowledge that this machine SWATs people.
- anigbrowl 9y agoIt's worth pointing out that police have turned up for wellness checks and ended up killing people. As this example shows, police are increasingly tasked with responding to mental health emergencies despite being poorly trained and situated to do so: http://www.dailycal.org/2017/10/20/judge-indefinitely-postpones-trial-for-kayla-moores-in-custody-death/ http://www.dailycal.org/2017/10/20/judge-indefinitely-postpo...
- leggomylibro 9y agoJust wait for facebook to deploy AI for early signs of other things like dissent, political leanings, borderline stances on important issues, inebriation/likelihood to make impulse buys, etc.