{"id":20525,"date":"2025-10-20T08:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/bereaved-families-call-for-inquiry-into-uk-failure-to-act-on-pro-suicide-forum\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:38:06","slug":"bereaved-families-call-for-inquiry-into-uk-failure-to-act-on-pro-suicide-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/20\/bereaved-families-call-for-inquiry-into-uk-failure-to-act-on-pro-suicide-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Bereaved families call for inquiry into UK failure to act on pro-suicide forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Report found coroners raised concerns over suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019<\/p>\n<p>Bereaved families and survivors of a pro-suicide forum have called for a public inquiry into the government\u2019s failure to prevent harm linked to the online platform.<\/p>\n<p>The calls came as a report found that coroners had raised concerns regarding suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>In the UK and Ireland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/\">Samaritans<\/a> can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email <a href=\"mailto:jo@samaritans.org\">jo@samaritans.org<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:jo@samaritans.ie\">jo@samaritans.ie<\/a>. In the US, you can call or text the <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a> on 988, chat on <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/chat\/\">988lifeline.org<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisistextline.org\/\">text HOME<\/a> to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\">Lifeline<\/a> is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrienders.org\/\">befrienders.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/oct\/20\/bereaved-families-call-for-inquiry-into-uk-failure-to-act-on-pro-suicide-forum\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3ef7f8f99fdae3c82247a4ccc7b81801ffe27999\/0_0_1200_960\/master\/1200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e9553b1c2e07491b2e92644d6ef353cb\" title=\"Bereaved families call for inquiry into UK failure to act on pro-suicide forum\" \/>Report found coroners raised concerns over suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019<br \/>\nBereaved families and survivors of a pro-suicide forum have called for a public inquiry into the government\u2019s failure to prevent harm linked to the online platform.<br \/>\nThe calls came as a report found that coroners had raised concerns regarding suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019.<br \/>\nIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report found coroners raised concerns over suicide forums at least 65 times to three government departments since 2019 Bereaved families and survivors of a pro-suicide forum have called for a public inquiry into the government\u2019s failure to prevent harm linked to the online platform. 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