Image source, Getty ImagesByLaura CressTechnology reporterPublished20 July 2026 Ofcom said it is unable to take further legal action against a pro-suicide forum which campaigners say has been linked to over 130 UK deaths. The regulator said, external the site had blocked access for the "vast majority" of UK users, and it had "no further legal routes available" under the Online Safety Act. Andy Burrows, chief executive of the Molly Rose Foundation, said the decision to take no further legal action would "result in more lost lives" and that announcing it on the day a new prime minister was named showed "an utter lack of moral courage". In response, an Ofcom spokesperson said it had made the decision a "matter of days ago" following "months of work to exhaust all possible legal routes". They said bereaved families were informed of the decision this morning after being contacted last week.
Published: July 20, 2026 4:37 pm
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