TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Instances of online suicide, the law and potential solutions
JO  - Psychiatry, psychology and law
A1  - Phillips, James G.
A1  - Diesfeld, Kate
A1  - Mann, Leon
SP  - 423
EP  - 440
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1321-8719
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1506719
ID  - ref1
ER  -