Facebook's high-stakes dilemma over suicide videos
Amanda Hebert felt powerless as she watched a Facebook video of her 32-year-old friend taking her own life.
Internet
Jun 28, 2017
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News tagged with suicides
There is hope amidst environmental anxiety, says a scholar of ecotheology
Climate change affects everyone. Awareness of the vast scope and rapid pace of the required adjustments may cause feelings of impotence. According to Panu Pihkala, an ecotheologian, the power of constructive actions and political ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2018
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Foxconn defends labor practices after 8th suicide
(AP) -- Taiwan's Foxconn Technology, a contract maker of the iPhone and other consumer electronics, insisted Wednesday its treatment of workers is world class after a female employee became the company's eighth Chinese worker ...
Business
May 12, 2010
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S. Korea cab drivers protest Uber-like ride share app
Tens of thousands of taxi drivers in South Korea went on a nationwide strike Thursday, snarling up traffic in Seoul, in the latest protest at a planned Uber-like ride-sharing service.
Business
Dec 20, 2018
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Foxconn opens plant to reporters after suicides
(AP) -- The head of the giant electronics company whose main facility in China has been battered by a string of worker suicides opened the plant's gates to scores of reporters Wednesday, hours after saying that intense media ...
Business
May 26, 2010
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Doughnut-shaped holes of killer proteins observed for the first time
Spanish and German researchers have successfully observed pores shaped like rings and crescent moons that the Bax protein perforates in mitochondrial membranes. This advance has been achieved thanks to super-resolution microscopy ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 18, 2016
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Foxconn admits employing underage interns in China
Taiwan's Foxconn has admitted employing children as young as 14 on assembly lines at a plant in China, a fresh blow to the tech giant that has been attacked over its treatment of staff after several suicides.
Business
Oct 17, 2012
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Facebook aims to help prevent suicide
Help is just a few clicks away on Facebook for people expressing suicidal thoughts.
Internet
Dec 13, 2011
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Helping Loved Ones Bereaved By Suicide Or Self-Inflicted Death
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a University of Derby sociologist explores how families bereaved by suicide are finding ways to deal with the enormity of their loss. Caroline Simone, Subject Leader of Joint Honours Applied Studies, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2009
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Taiwan's Foxconn to open new plant in Brazil
Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn said Wednesday it is set to invest $492 million to build a new facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil to produce smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.
Business
Sep 19, 2012
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