Unintended consequences of revealing mental health issues

On the convergence of Data Privacy Day and Bell Let’s Talk, let’s think of the unintended consequences of revealing mental health issues on social media platforms where “any information you share may be read, collected, or used by other users” including other social media platforms. Publicly available posts can be monitored and collected by law enforcement and border agencies — that have been known to deny entry to people with mental health concerns — and can be fed into AI databases that will use it to ‘decide’ your insurance eligibility and rates, whether you’ll get the job you want or the apartment you hope to rent, or get into the university of your choice. Learn more