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Coroners Linked Books on Amazon to Multiple Deaths. A Decade Later, They’re Still For Sale.
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Coroners Linked Books on Amazon to Multiple Deaths. A Decade Later, They’re Still For Sale.

The availability of these books has been highlighted in at least two deaths in the past year, both taking place after the passage of the 2023 Online Safety Bill.

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Several books containing detailed instructions on ending one’s life are available on Amazon’s UK site, despite repeated warnings from coroners over more than a decade, The Lead can reveal. Purchasing the books requires no age verification, and some are available through expedited delivery and instant download. Althou…

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Katherine Hignett
I'm a journalist specialising in health policy, science and tech. My bylines include Forbes, Newsweek, Metro, HSJ and The Lead. I'm also a coder and founded journalist resource website EasyFOI.com.
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