Suicide hotlines sending data to Facebook

[hurts2b]

This is an older story from 2023. Not sure if it's still a thing that's happening but I wouldn't be surprised.

Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook – The Markup

The Markup found many sites tied to the national mental health crisis hotline transmitted information on visitors through the Meta Pixel

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[lucycelestia]

Those kind of hotlines seem like some kind of honeypot operation, honestly. Seems like if you show any intent of actually going through with it they just send the cops to your house and have you put in outpatient "care". I hear some people speak highly of them, but they don't seem very trustworthy at all.

 

[hurts2b]

Those kind of hotlines seem like some kind of honeypot operation, honestly. Seems like if you show any intent of actually going through with it they just send the cops to your house and have you put in outpatient "care". I hear some people speak highly of them, but they don't seem very trustworthy at all.

I've used them before and they suck ass. They've never called the cops on me but they absolutely didn't care about my issues either. I wish there were better options than suicide hotlines. But for a lot of people suicide lines are the only thing available.

 

[SkyFlower]

If this is true I wouldn't even be remotely sure surprised. They blatantly will lie about not tracking you in the first place, who's to say they wouldn't do other incredibly scummy shit?

 

[AnxiousLife]

I wouldn't trust most of suicide hotlines. I've tried calling a variety of them, just for it to be an unpleasant experience in most cases, without sufficient help