Suicide on the Internet: What Is Our Responsibility?

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Suicide on the Internet: What Is Our Responsibility?
      

Last Friday, Abraham Biggs, a 19-year-old community college student in Florida, committed suicide on a live webcast with a virtual audience of over 1,500 viewers.

Some members of his audience encouraged him to do it, while others tried to talk him out of it. A third group of viewers is noted to have weighed in on whether Biggs was taking a dose of pills large enough to actually kill himself.

Once police officers were seen on the video camera entering into Biggs' room, Internet responses are reported to have ranged from "Oh my God" to "LOL" and "Ha-ha-ha."
         

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