CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRO-SUICIDE FORUMS
Bereaved families and survivors are calling for a public inquiry over major state failures in response to a nihilistic pro-suicide forum.
Together with Families and Survivors to Prevent Online Suicide Harms we revealed that three Government departments received concerns a combined total of 65 times from coroners about the risks of further deaths from a suicide forum and a substance it promotes, glorifies and instructs for use as a suicide method.
The substance is believed to have cost at least 164 deaths in the UK, but potentially many more.
Following tireless campaigning the forum has been fined £950,000 and Ofcom will seek a court order to block it in the UK.
This is a victory for campaigners, but after 13 months of investigation more lives have been lost. Read more
We are demanding:
Our report ‘Missed Chances, Lost Lives’ report showed how a substance and suicide forum costs lives and the state missed countless chances to act.
to strengthen regulation of the substance, despite repeated calls
Were given to Government by coroners about a pro-suicide forum and poison it promotes
Have been linked to the substance promoted by the nihilistic forum
“The government and tech companies need to work together to create a safer online world and save lives like Grace’s.”
The watchdog also said it will apply for a court order to block the forum in the UK if its concerns are not addressed.
Hannah Aitken took her own life in 2023 and her family have campaigned ever since to protect young people like her from the harms that led to her death.
We lose one young person to suicide where technology plays a role every week in the UK. It’s our belief that suicide is preventable with the right education in place together with better regulation and policy change.
Live Long and Stay Strong where words written by Molly Russell in the weeks before her death that have become the cornerstone of everything Molly Rose Foundation does today.
We influence policy makers, raise the voice of lived experience and deliver education and support to reduce preventable suicide and address online harm.