Top official confirms feature was removed but only temporarily, following Reuters report that prompted criticism of Elon Musk
Photograph: Samuel Corum/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Samuel Corum/AFP/Getty ImagesTwitter has restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, after coming under pressure from users and consumer safety groups.
Eirliani Abdul Rahman, a member of a recently dissolved Twitter content advisory group, told Reuters the disappearance of #ThereIsHelp was “extremely disconcerting and profoundly disturbing” even if the removal had been implemented to make way for improvements.Jane Manchun Wong, a software developer and Twitter user. “Instead of leaving a time gap without suicide prevention feature for a revamp, they could’ve kept the old prompt and replaced it with a new one when it’s ready.”, tweeting: “1.
“We know these prompts are useful in many cases and just want to make sure they are functioning properly and continue to be relevant.”
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