News Science & Society Language models may miss signs of depression in Black people’s Facebook posts New findings raise questions about how mental health is measured Researchers have been testing to see if computer programs can use social media posts to identify when depression is ticking upward in a population. Such programs seem to miss depression in Black people, a new study finds. Delmaine Donson/E+/Getty Images Plus Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Sujata Gupta April 22, 2024 at 8:00 am People with depression tend to write and speak about how bad they feel, years of research has shown.