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Would you want Facebook to know if you visited a suicide hotline?

Our investigation from June 2023 found that over 30 suicide hotline websites sent visitor data to Facebook. That story has now become a finalist for a NIHCM award!

Revisit the story: https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/06/13/suicide-hotlines-promise-anonymity-dozens-of-their-websites-send-sensitive-data-to-facebook

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

Mar 20, 2024 at 9:06pmWeb
Show threadRobert HMar 20, 2024

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Yeh, and BetterHelp sent first enquiry information to Facebook. Isn't that great? In addition to what you buy, Facebook knows whether you potentially have mental health challenges.

Show threadLenoraMar 21, 2024
@themarkup I don’t use Facebook. I don’t plan to start
Show threadRichard AyresMar 22, 2024
@FaithinBones @themarkup You don't need to use Facebook. The 30 suicide hotlines do, and so do countless other sites. And you are now linked, by Facebook, through all of them.
Show threadSeth 🎙️Mar 21, 2024
@themarkup Well that's not good!
Show threadHarrMar 22, 2024
@themarkup Isn't it violation of HIPPA Compliance?
Show threadjan Anja Mar 22, 2024
@themarkup does it show targeted organ donorship ads after? 
Show threadI am Jack's Lost 404Mar 22, 2024
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Show threadDirty HippieMar 26, 2024
@themarkup This makes me curious to know how Firefox's "Facebook container" handles this sort of interaction.