Tag: Samaritans Radar
Samaritans still isn’t saying much about the “Samaritans Radar” fiasco
The Samaritans Radar has been running for over a week now, and despite it upsetting a lot of people, and all of the (ahem) insightful analysis on what it all means... the organisation has been rather quiet. Samaritans has still not offered a substantive response to any of the specific complaints - such as how…
The Digest: Samaritans app flags worrying tweets… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Samaritans app monitors Twitter feeds for suicide warnings | The BBC "Samaritans Radar uses an algorithm to identify key words and phrases which indicate distress. They include 'tired of being alone', 'hate myself', 'depressed', 'help me' and 'need someone to talk to'. Users who have signed up for the scheme will receive an…
