Mental health feature coming to Snapchat

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Snapchat has announced the early rollout of its Here For You feature in an attempt to slap an emergency Band-Aid on our collective coronavirus anguish. To mark Safer Internet Day earlier this year, Snapchat had revealed the upcoming feature intended to direct users to mental health resources when needed. "Here For You, which will roll out in the coming months, will show safety resources from local experts when Snapchatters search for certain topics, including those related to anxiety, depression, stress, grief, suicidal thoughts, and bullying," the company wrote in a blog post.


Tech companies partner amid Covid-19 crisis

The World Health Organization has partnered with Facebook, Microsoft and several other tech companies for a hackathon to promote the development of software to take on challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic. The #BuildforCOVID19 hackathon was announced and will begin accepting project submissions on Thursday. Along with Facebook and Microsoft, tech companies Twitter, WeChat, TikTok, Pinterest, Slack and Giphy are also participating. The tech companies “will be sharing resources to support participants throughout the submission period.” Facebook “features like Blood Donations and Crisis Response were first built during hackathons and are now used by millions of people worldwide,” wrote Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a post promoting the hackathon. “I’m hopeful that some useful prototypes and ideas will come out of this one as well.”

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