Blog Archive: July 2013

Can Facebook updates predict suicide?

29-07-2013

We already know that Facebook's data-mining capabilities are, for better and for worse, extremely powerful. On the dark side of Facebook data mining, we've seen how the network has used uploaded contacts to create shadow profiles of both users and non-users alike. On the positive side of its data-mining abilities, we've also seen how Facebook can automatically analyze relationships and chat content to catch would-be child molesters. Now, Facebook is joining with researchers to put its data ... more...