Japan internet providers to inform on suicide posts
A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Japan's communications and Internet services industry is planning to provide police information on people who post messages suggesting they may be close to committing suicide.
Four communications industry groups have worked out guidelines for submitting the information, which could include the names and addresses of such people, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday.
Rising numbers of Japanese are dying each year in group suicides after meeting online via suicide web sites, posing a new problem for officials trying to tackle the nation's alarmingly high suicide rate.
The guidelines mandate disclosing the information to police only as an emergency measure when suicide attempts are believed to be imminent.
posted by Fergie @ 8/25/2005 06:21:00 AM
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