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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Cameron Blackshaw

Coroner sends suicide warning to Google after 16-year-old takes own life in south London

Leo Barber - (Family of Leo Barber/BTP)

A coroner has warned Google that vulnerable young people have all-too-easy access to suicide discussions online after a 16-year-old took his own life in Bromley.

The coroner also expressed concern that US companies operating in the UK are not beholden to UK online data access requests, meaning investigations into deaths are frustrated because they can refuse to supply information.

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