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More than 700 people in the UK have posted on a pro-suicide website looking for someone to die with.
The site, which we are not naming, has a members-only section where users can look for a suicide partner.
The thread encourages users to end their own lives - and offers instructions on how to do it.
Predators appear to be using it to target vulnerable and suicidal people, especially women.
In the past two years some forum users have travelled overseas to meet partners.
We know of two cases where men from the US have travelled to the UK to meet and “assist” vulnerable young women.
Bereaved families say the partners thread is directly promoting suicide.
The previous Conservative government introduced the Online Safety Act in 2023 .
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