{"id":23071,"date":"2026-05-13T12:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/us-based-internet-suicide-forum-implicated-in-160-uk-deaths-fined-950000\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:37:37","slug":"us-based-internet-suicide-forum-implicated-in-160-uk-deaths-fined-950000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/us-based-internet-suicide-forum-implicated-in-160-uk-deaths-fined-950000\/","title":{"rendered":"US-based internet suicide forum implicated in 160 UK deaths fined \u00a3950,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom attempts to block UK access to site cited in multiple coroners\u2019 reports as it levies fine under Online Safety Act<\/p>\n<p>A nihilistic internet suicide forum implicated in over 160 UK deaths has been fined \u00a3950,000 by the online regulator in its latest attempt to shut it down.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom said the US-based website remained accessible in the UK despite over a year of warnings. Online safety campaigners have accused the regulator of taking an \u201cinterminable\u201d amount of time to act.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2026\/may\/13\/us-based-internet-suicide-forum-implicated-in-160-deaths-fined-950000\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/adf4bd3cb57d52970211ffdea378ea9dcaa5036c\/901_0_4886_3910\/master\/4886.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7b592e1e380e4b67267eb7a16cf8b61e\" title=\"US-based internet suicide forum implicated in 160 UK deaths fined \u00a3950,000\" \/>Ofcom attempts to block UK access to site cited in multiple coroners\u2019 reports as it levies fine under Online Safety Act<br \/>\nA nihilistic internet suicide forum implicated in over 160 UK deaths has been fined \u00a3950,000 by the online regulator in its latest attempt to shut it down.<br \/>\nOfcom said the US-based website remained accessible in the UK despite over a year of warnings. Online safety campaigners have accused the regulator of taking an \u201cinterminable\u201d amount of time to act. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom attempts to block UK access to site cited in multiple coroners\u2019 reports as it levies fine under Online Safety Act A nihilistic internet suicide forum implicated in over 160 UK deaths has been fined \u00a3950,000 by the online regulator in its latest attempt to shut it down. Ofcom said the US-based website remained accessible &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/us-based-internet-suicide-forum-implicated-in-160-uk-deaths-fined-950000\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US-based internet suicide forum implicated in 160 UK deaths fined \u00a3950,000<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23071"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}