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Suicide forum is subject of first Ofcom probe, BBC understands

Tony Smith and Angus Crawford BBC News Investigations BBC Joe Nihill took his own life after learning on the forum how to buy and use a toxic chemical A pro-suicide forum is being investigated by the UK’s online regulator, the BBC understands – its first using new powers under the Online Safety Act. It comes […]

Shut vile death video site, families say, as Ofcom gets new powers

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Angus Crawford and Tony Smith BBC News investigations Getty Images Bereaved families are calling on the online regulator Ofcom to shut down a “vile” website which promotes videos of the deaths of their loved ones. The website, which we are not naming, has more than three million members and contains thousands of graphic photos and

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