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'Catfish' Predator Who Drove US Girl To Suicide Jailed For Life In N.Ireland

A prolific "catfish" offender whose cruel campaign of global online blackmail targeted thousands of young victims and drove a 12-year-old US girl to suicide was on Friday jailed for life.

International Business Times

An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges

A Florida mother is suing a tech company over an AI chatbot that she says pushed her son to kill himself

The Independent UK

Harry never turned 16, his mum says the law is 'mocking' his death

Boy said to have copped relentless online bullying before suicide.

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Northern Irish man jailed for life after abusing at least 70 children online

Investigation into ‘horrific’ case of Alexander McCartney, who drove one girl to suicide, was one of the biggest into catfishing in the world

The Guardian - UK

Prison officers dismissed for joking about inmate’s suicide

Two officers at HMP Wandsworth sent messages in staff WhatsApp group celebrating death of 21-year-old

The Guardian - UK

Predator in ‘UK’s largest catfishing case’ drove 12-year-old girl to suicide

Alexander McCartney has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years after posing as a young girl to blackmail 70 children across the world

The Independent UK

Prolific catfish abuser who drove girl to suicide jailed for at least 20 years

Alexander McCartney is believed to be the UK’s most prolific catfishers

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HMP Wandsworth prison officers 'made vile jokes about inmate's suicide'

One prison officer wrote ‘splendid if so. Total p***k’ after an inmate died at HMP Wandsworth

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Catfish abuser who drove girl, 12, to suicide to be sentenced

Alexander McCartney, 26, has admitted 185 charges involving 70 child victims.

Evening Standard

MAiD and marginalized people: Coroner’s reports shed light on assisted death in Ontario

Earlier this month, the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario released new reports highlighting some of the reasons some Canadians have chosen medical assistance in dying (MAiD, which in Canada involves euthanasia — meaning medically-administered injection rather than self-administered — over 99.9 per cent of the time).

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The disturbing messages shared between AI Chatbot and teen who took his own life

Warning distressing content: When the teen expressed his suicidal thoughts to his favorite bot, Character.AI ‘made things worse,’ a lawsuit filed by his mother says

The Independent UK

Teen Boy Killed Himself After Falling in Love with AI 'Game of Thrones' Bot: Lawsuit

A mother whose teen son died of suicide after he fell in love with an AI chatbot filed a lawsuit against the company that created it, alleging her son was "groomed."

International Business Times

14-Year-Old Boy’s Tragic Passing Sparks Concern Over AI Chat Dangers

Sewell had been using Character.AI, a role-playing app that allows users to create their own AI characters or chat with characters created by others. The post 14-Year-Old Boy’s Tragic Passing Sparks Concern Over AI Chat Dangers first appeared on Bored Panda.

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“The first one ever in history is actually this guitar. Honestly, it still doesn’t seem real”: Fender’s first-ever official 7-string Stratocaster has become a reality – and it could be in line for a wider release

Chris Garza of Suicide Silence has just received the first-ever hardtail seven-string Fender Strat – it’s taken almost seven years to make, and he has big plans for the design

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14 years boy shot himself after falling in love with AI chatbot

14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, a Florida boy would chat with his online AI friend, Daenerys Targaryen committed suicide. Read further on Dynamite News:

International Business Times UK

14-Year-Old Takes His Own Life After AI 'Girlfriend' Urges Him To 'Come Home As Soon As Possible'

A Florida teen became obsessed with a lifelike "Game of Thrones" chatbot and tragically took his own life, highlighting the dangers of AI chatbots.

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US mother says in lawsuit that AI chatbot encouraged son’s suicide

Florida mother sues Character.AI and Google after 14-year-old son allegedly became obsessed with AI chatbot.

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A 14 Y.O. Died By Suicide After Developing A ‘Harmful Dependency’ On An AI Chatbot

Sewell Setzer III had been talking to a character chatbot based on Daenerys Targaryen from Game Of Thrones. His mother is now suing Character Technologies, the company that owns the Character.AI service.

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Teen Boy Killed Himself After Falling in Love with AI 'Game of Thrones' Bot That Put Him in 'Sexually Compromising' Situations: Lawsuit

A mother whose teen son died of suicide after he fell in love with an AI chatbot filed a lawsuit against the company that created it, alleging her son was "groomed."

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IIT Delhi student under psychiatry treatment dies by suicide

The deceased was identified as Kumar Yash, a native of Deoghar in Jharkhand. He was a second-year student of (MSc). Read further on Dynamite News:

International Business Times

Ex-Cop Accused Of Killing Wife And Staging Death As Suicide Was Under Investigation For Having An Affair While On Duty

A former cop under investigation for having an affair while on duty has been charged with his wife's murder, which he allegedly staged to appear as a suicide.

International Business Times

Ariana Grande Concert Attack Survivors Win UK Harassment Case

Two survivors of a deadly 2017 suicide attack on an Ariana Grande concert in northern England in 2017 won a harassment claim on Wednesday against a former television producer who claims the attack was a hoax.

Latin Times

Ex-Cop Accused of Killing Wife and Staging Death as Suicide Was Under Investigation for Having an Affair While on Duty

A former cop under investigation for having an affair while on duty has been charged with his wife's murder, which he allegedly staged to appear as a suicide.

International Business Times

Woman Who Survived Hamas Attack On Nova Music Festival Dies By Suicide On 22nd Birthday

Shirel Golan's brother blamed the Israeli government for not treating her for PTSD, saying, 'They are 100% accountable for my sister's death.'

The Independent UK

Mom who killed her two kids, aged 8 and 4, and staged it to look like suicide is jailed for life

Lisa Snyder, 41, killed Brinley, four, and Conner, eight, by hanging them in the basement of their home in Albany Township in September 2019. She then tried to make it look like the children had killed themselves

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