Twitter removed the suicide prevention feature, said – we are improving it
Musk made another major change in Twitter: Twitter removed the suicide prevention feature, and said – we are improving it
Micro-blogging site Twitter has now removed its suicide prevention feature. According to the reports, this information has been given by 2 people related to the case. He told that the new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, had ordered the removal of the suicide prevention feature.
With the help of this feature, users thinking of committing suicide are helped. After the removal of this feature which was effective in preventing suicide, concerns have increased regarding the security of the users.
Twitter's head of trust and safety Ella Irwin told Reuters in an email after the news of the suicide prevention feature's removal surfaced, "We're fixing and improving our feature." While we were doing this, the feature was temporarily removed. We hope that this feature will be started again next week.
If a user thinks about committing suicide after seeing a post, video, photo and any kind of content, then Twitter's suicide prevention feature helps the user to change the intention of suicide. Microblogging platform hotline and other methods related to safety are also made available to such users through the feature.
According to reports, no information was shared by Twitter before removing this feature. Users take the help of this feature through #ThereIsHelp. This feature has supported many groups around the world who work in the fields of mental health, HIV, vaccines, child abuse, COVID-19, gender-based violence, natural disasters and freedom of expression.
Twitter released hints of a suicide prevention feature 5 years back. Many of these signals were made available in over 30 countries. The company had earlier said in a blog post about this function that it is our duty to provide our services to the users and provide them support in times of need. The end of this feature can affect the safety of Twitter users.
After the removal of Twitter's suicide prevention feature, concerns about the safety of users have increased significantly. Many researchers and organizations working for civil rights admitted that there has been an increase in the number of racial and hateful content on Twitter. Such content incites users to commit suicide. However, Musk claims that there has been a decline in the number of harmful content on Twitter.