Google has taken a new step to prevent its users who are considering suicide. When users make Google searches on the subject, Google will send pre-created messages to other people as SMS and call for help.
An important move came from the US-based technology giant Google. When users start doing suicidal searches, Google they can seek help that can discourage will post messages. These messages, which will be displayed at the top of the search page, “International Suicide Prevention AssociationCreated in collaboration with “.
In fact, Google already has some apps related to suicide. For example; When you Google the term “suicide”, the first thing that pops up is a nonprofit “Suicide.orgYou will see “. They can also send as SMS.. In this way, the individual at the point of committing suicide will call for help to someone he knows.
This is what Google’s new feature will look like!
Megan Jones Bell, one of the top executives of Google, who made statements on the subject, explained what to do and how to explain themselves in crises when people are on the verge of suicide. that they won’t know it states. Here are the messages created in cooperation with the International Suicide Prevention Association, easily to express will provide.
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How will the new feature in Google affect users in Turkey? uncertain. Because the platform offers a completely different experience to users in the USA. For example; When a suicide-related call is made, Alo 988, the suicide prevention center in the USA, can be contacted instantly. However, there is no such practice in Turkey. As such, the feature to be presented in partnership with the International Suicide Prevention Association is in terms of its scope. may change.
Source :
https://blog.google/technology/health/mental-health-awareness-month-2023/