Suicide forum in breach of Online Safety Act after failing to block UK users

Ofcom says it could now apply to courts to issue fines and demand internet service providers to block access to site A suicide forum linked to multiple deaths in Britain has been ruled in breach of the Online Safety Act after it failed to properly block access to UK users when ordered to do so last year. Ofcom, the online regulator, said it could now apply to the courts to issue fines and demand internet service providers block access to the site in the UK. This will depend on how the site re...

By Robert Booth UK technology editor