"Coroner Urges Tech Giants to Tackle Sale of Lethal Substances After Woman's Suicide"

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A British coroner has urged Google and Amazon to take action after Chloe Macdermott, a 43-year-old woman who had been struggling with mental health issues, committed suicide following a pact made with individuals she met online. She purchased a lethal substance from the US via Amazon and used information from an online forum to facilitate her suicide. The coroner issued a report to prevent future deaths, highlighting concerns about the forum's lack of age restrictions and the ease of obtaining poisons online. Google, Amazon, and other entities must respond with preventive measures within 56 days.
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- Coroner calls on Google and Amazon to act after British woman’s suicide The Guardian
- Amazon should clamp down on suicide drugs, says coroner Yahoo News
- Deadly Online Reality: Internet Suicide Forums and Lethal Substances BNN Breaking
- Married British woman, 43, took her own life with a poison she bought from Amazon after using internet chat si Daily Mail
- Outrage after Amazon-bought poison helps British woman die by suicide Express
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