British authorities failed to act on multiple official warnings about a website promoting suicide that has been connected to at least 50 UK deaths, the BBC has found.
The senior coroner in charge in Central and SE Kent, Patricia Harding, wrote to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, raising concerns.
Lee Cooper, whose brother Gary found the forum and took his own life last July, said: "If it was shut down five years ago, hundreds of people would still be alive.
When it becomes law, the Online Safety Act will include a new criminal offence of encouraging self harm and force platforms to remove that kind of content when it is reported to them.
Sites and apps will have to take steps to stop users from coming across illegal material, and Ofcom says that platforms will have to “act swiftly to remove these kinds of videos or posts when they become aware of them”.
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British authorities failed to act on multiple official warnings about a website promoting suicide that has been connected to at least 50 UK deaths, the BBC has found.
The senior coroner in charge in Central and SE Kent, Patricia Harding, wrote to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, raising concerns.
Lee Cooper, whose brother Gary found the forum and took his own life last July, said: "If it was shut down five years ago, hundreds of people would still be alive.
When it becomes law, the Online Safety Act will include a new criminal offence of encouraging self harm and force platforms to remove that kind of content when it is reported to them.
Sites and apps will have to take steps to stop users from coming across illegal material, and Ofcom says that platforms will have to “act swiftly to remove these kinds of videos or posts when they become aware of them”.
If you are reading this page and can’t see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the BBC website to submit your question or comment or you can email us at [email protected].
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