Working with experts around the world to support our global community
Meta meets regularly with global experts who guide our efforts and tools to support our community.
Expert engagement
At Meta, our efforts related to suicide and self-harm are led by global mental health leaders in this space. We continually rely on and seek the guidance of suicide prevention experts to help us understand the complex issues around suicide and self-injury content, and how best to approach it. These experts from over 20 countries help us develop and evolve our policies to ensure they align with current research on suicide as we do our best to offer support to our community.
These regular consultations have led to several changes:
Leading experts
For over a decade, Meta has regularly met with global experts in suicide prevention and self-harm. We are grateful for the guidance and expert support from all those who have helped us better understand these difficult topics. These experts include: