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How tech companies are ignoring the pandemic’s mental health crisis New Stanford research shows many big platforms have no policies for content related to self-harm Share this story Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge There is plenty that scientists don’t understand about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on society. But a year in, at least one thing seems clear: the pandemic has been terrible for our collective mental health and a surprising number of tech platforms seem to have given the issue very little thought. First, the numbers. Nature reported that the number of adults in the United Kingdom showing symptoms of depression had nearly doubled from March to June of last year, to 19 percent. In the United States, 11 percent of adults reported feeling depressed between January and June 2019; by December 2020, that number had nearly quadrupled, to 42 percent. ....
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