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UK Office of Communications(ofcom) opens an investigation into a pro-suicide forum with 10K+ members, its first using the Online Safety Act. (www.ofcom.org.uk)
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Ofcom has today launched an investigation into whether the provider of an online suicide forum has failed to comply with its duties under the UK’s Online Safety Act.

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[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ugh, not again. I know which forum this is talking about. I wish morons would stop bothering and trying to destroy about the only place where chroically suicidal people have found some sense of community they can relate to, while telling themselves they are doing good. These people already have it bad enough. For some that community is about the only thing that keeps them going.

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago

Its turned into a massive moral media storm over here, a guy used the forum to buy poison after only a week but his family insist the forum "drove him to suicide" and have been launching tabloid backed outrage campaigns to lobby the government. Fuck ofcom and the shitty online safety bill, everyone knew it would be used for things that "polite society" wants to pretend doesn't exist.