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Left MP urges action to block a website promoting suicide
Labour MP for Leeds East, Richard Burgon, speaks during a protest in Whitehall, London, during the nurses strike, against the Bill on minimum service levels during strikes, January 18, 2023
LEFT MP Richard Burgon is to name and shame internet service providers who refuse to block access to a website promoting suicide.
He will use a parliamentary debate to expose the providers allowing the site, linked to 50 deaths in Britain, to reach vulnerable people.
Mr Burgon’s initiative follows the death of his constituent 23-year-old Joe Nihill, who took his own life after accessing content encouraging suicide and deterring people from seeking mental health support.
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