Facebook Reacts to National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month

The social network will limit content that doesn’t break its rules but trivializes themes around death, depression or suicide

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Facebook is marking National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month with two initiatives: limiting the distribution of content that does not violate its rules but trivializes themes around death, depression or suicide; and releasing a new toolkit to guide conversations about viral suicide challenges.

Global head of safety Antigone Davis wrote in a Newsroom post, “September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, and people around the world focused on the theme of ‘Creating Hope Through Action.’

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