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FTC says online counseling service BetterHelp pushed people into handing over health information – and broke its privacy promises. (FTC.gov)

At Talkspace, Start-Up Culture Collides With Mental Health Concerns (NYT)

BetterHelp, Inc. Faces Class Action Suits Following Settlement with FTC (American Bar Assoc.)

Class Action Claims Talkspace Misleads Patients on Personalized Therapist Matches, Automatic Subscriptions (ClassAction.org)

Talkspace Lawsuit Claims Therapy Website Secretly Shares User Data with TikTok (ClassAction.org)

NASW Update on CareDash and BetterHelp Concerns (NASW.org)

CareDash Has Ceased Operations (ClassAction.org)

Online therapy referral company that used deceptive marketing practices is no longer in business (NASW.org)

When Talkspace Sued PsiAN and Me (room)

‘BetterHelp is absolutely trying to destroy the mental health world’: Therapist calls out BetterHelp for using unaffiliated providers’ information to get new clients (Daily Dot)

Teletherapy can really help, and really hurt (Vox)

Attorney General James Secures $740,000 from Online Mental Health Provider for its Burdensome Cancellation Process (NY AG)

APASI instrumental in closure of psychology ‘ghost’ network (APA.org)

The Failed Promise of Online Mental-Health Treatment (WSJ)