Nov 1, 2023
Sky and TalkTalk block suicide website linked to 50 deaths
A leading UK broadband provider has blocked access for its 5.7 million users to a website promoting suicide. It follows a BBC investigation which revealed the forum has been linked to more than 50 deaths in the UK. Last week, we revealed British authorities had failed to act on multiple official warnings about the website - which we are not naming. Sky Broadband - the second biggest internet service provider in the country - has now confirmed the forum had been added to a list of websites that are blocked by its Sky Broadband Shield safety filter, which is automatically activated on home routers. TalkTalk - which has about four millions users - told the BBC the site would now be blocked for any customer with its HomeSafe safety filter activated. Following the publication of the BBC investigation, administrators of the controversial pro-suicide site have posted a message on its front page claiming that UK digital regulator Ofcom had "Threatened to block this site under the newly passed Online Safety Bill".
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