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STOP BEING A TRIGGER TO SUICIDE

Dear Google,
It is said that some of the best creatives and thinkers in the world work at Google. Yet, I find it hard to understand how Google is not using it advanced technology to combat depression - The second leading cause of death in 15 - 29 year olds. Same age bracket as majority of Google's employees.

The suicide rate is alarming: 800,000 per year. [Google searched]. And it's saddening to note that many of those people give signs before ending their lives. Their social media posts. Their Google search.
Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are quick to sniff out nudes and sexually provocative contents.  Yet stays aloof when users post content that denotes depression.
Your platform, along with other search engines form the basis of modern knowledge. Yet can't place proximity on words that denotes suicide and depression.

You should improve your AI such that when words related to suicide or depression are searched. The first thing that comes up are directories to where such users can find help and not actually giving them results that can help them end their life.

You can do better, Google. At least as your quota to minimise the way people end their lives. Because, good or bad, Google is where people go to for answers.
STOP BEING A TRIGGER TO SUICIDE
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