@article{ref1,
title="Instances of online suicide, the law and potential solutions",
journal="Psychiatry, psychology and law",
year="2019",
author="Phillips, James G. and Diesfeld, Kate and Mann, Leon",
volume="26",
number="3",
pages="423-440",
abstract="To understand the social and legal issues posed by suicide-related communications over the Internet (messages of threatened suicide and advocated suicide), this article examines a selection of cases involving different types of online baiting and harassment that illustrate different legal and technological issues. The anonymity afforded by computer-mediated communication allows bullies to harass vulnerable individuals and leak (disclose) their personal information. Computer mediation of communication potentially diffuses responsibility; imposes a temporal asynchrony between signified intent and audience response; and reduces the empathy that might motivate observers or witnesses to intervene and render assistance, factors that make online baiting a serious social, legal and technological problem. Potential actions (both legal and technological) for addressing this problem are outlined.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1321-8719",
doi="10.1080/13218719.2018.1506719",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1506719"
}