#News: Dozens of websites tied to the national mental health crisis hotline—988—are sending visitor data to Facebook.
By @jonkeegan and Colin Lecher, copublished with @STAT: #MentalHealth #Privacy #Data https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/06/13/suicide-hotlines-promise-anonymity-dozens-of-their-websites-send-sensitive-data-to-facebook
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Can't tell you how much I appreciate this reporting calling attention. Thank you.
#BehavioralHealthLink shows up on the list. Dr. John Draper was w/ #VibrantEmotionalHealth for years (#SAMHSA 's grantee contractor for #988Lifeline), is now President of Research & Development at #BehavioralHealthLink which is researching so-called sentiment analysis & operates GCAL (Georgia).
Behavioral Health Link develops & markets #CrisisLines services to #988Lifeline providers. One of their offerings: "Voice-Currently in R&D, voice analysis technology to provide real time feedback on a caller’s emotional state to improve care delivery."
http://web.archive.org/web/20221202203617/https://behavioralhealthlink.com/saas/
Notice "VOICE - powered by MIMOSYS" (scroll down) at the taken-down webpage archive link above. Here's an article about the MIMOSYS "Mind Monitoring" system. https://openaccessgovernment.org/voice-analysis-technology-2/79800/ references at bottom of article.
The exploitation of vulnerable persons needs stop.
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Tim Reierson