Cyber suicide: time for global response

THE story of the two young men who died recently in a cyber suicide pact in a picturesque lake in Co Tyrone made very sad reading.

Cyber suicide: time for global response

They died, as so many do in such circumstances, in isolation and loneliness.

That these depressed young men found each other on a website devoted to suicide is appalling. These sites should be shut down and internet service providers should come together to ensure this happens — which should not be too difficult in this technological age.

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