The AP (4/22, Arbel) reports, “Recognizing that many Americans rely on texting, U.S. regulators are weighing whether to require that phone companies allow people to text a suicide hotline.” The Federal Communications Commission “last summer voted to require a new ‘988’ number for people to call to reach a suicide-prevention hotline.” Phone companies “have until July 2022 to implement it.”
Related Links:
— “Texting option weighed for upcoming ’988′ suicide hotline “Tali Arbel, AP, April 22, 2021