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People in the UK face significant harm from an online suicide forum that remains accessible despite warnings. Ofcom, the communications regulator, has fined the US-based website £950,000 for failing to protect users under the Online Safety Act. This forum has been cited in multiple coroners' reports and linked to over 160 deaths across the UK.
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