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When Internet dating goes bad

posted by Zed on December 10 2002 21:55

"I'm going to commit suicide with a man I got acquainted with through an Internet bulletin board for those who want to kill themselves"

A man and a woman who were found dead in a Tokyo apartment in late October got acquainted through an Internet site for suicidal people and met with the sole purpose of dying together.

[...] It remains unclear through which suicide site the man and the woman got acquainted. There are numerous sites for those who want to kill themselves. One of them has received more than 160,000 page views since opening in April 2000.

Sure makes Salon's Match Made in Hell stories seem tame. Wonder if this'll catch on enough to be demonized. "We have to keep the children safe from Internet suicide sites."

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