Eirliani A RahmanDec 23, 2022

#Musk removed the #ThereIsHelp prompt on #Twitter this week. This prompt helped users get support on issues like #suicideprevention and #mentalhealth, #HIV, #vaccines, child sexual exploitation, #COVID-19, gender-based violence. My interview just out in #Reuters:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-orders-removal-twitter-suicide-prevention-feature-sources-say-2022-12-23/

The pressure worked, folks! Update: #ThereIsHelp has been reinstated.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-restores-suicide-prevention-feature-after-reuters-report-2022-12-24/

Exclusive: Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp

Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter who said it was ordered by new owner Elon Musk.

Reuters
Show threadSocialistStanDec 23, 2022
@eirliani Fascists hate mutual aid.
Show threadHeather Luna (she/her) 🌱
@SocialistStan @eirliani Well, not to be that person who comes in with "but"... But in the UK at least, the far right is getting quite good at going into communities and setting up mutual aid-like projects as part of their recruitment. 😭
Dec 23, 2022 at 11:39pmWeb
Show threadSocialistStanDec 23, 2022
@Keduzi @eirliani That would be completely unheard of in the US, here the only way they interface with the community is though occasional "patrols" that go out and harass people. How is the left in the UK dealing with it?
Show threadEirliani A RahmanDec 24, 2022
@Keduzi @SocialistStan Ugh. Thanks for letting us know, Heather.
Show threadHeather Luna (she/her) 🌱Dec 24, 2022
@eirliani @SocialistStan Not sure what they are doing, tbh.The other thing is that the right in the US does have quite a strong community network: summer camps, helping folks who need meals after getting out of the hospital etc. Through churches. So maybe we would define mutual aid as centring people marginalised by society? Targeted by society for destruction? Something like that??