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Reddit has a pro-suicide sub reddit. It is illegal for people in England to aid someone who is attempting suicide.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/60

> Criminal liability for complicity in another’s suicide.

> (1)A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or an attempt by another to commit suicide, shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.

This law is mostly used to prevent more active assistance in suicide, but it is also used to prevent people giving advice about how to complete suicide.

So, that's one current sub reddit.

In the past there were jailbait subreddits. I never visited so I have no idea about the content, but English law is stricter than US law around images of people under the age of 18.



I only knew there was the /r/jailbait that got removed. A pro-suicide forum is an unsavory thing. Thanks for clarifying.


Pro-suicide is tame compared to many of the subreddits out there. If you're curious, do NOT click the links in this collection but rather read the reactions of people who did. (I am serious).

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1qa5ff/what_is_th...




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