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[Michael Still]

> New laws for Internet websites
>
> The Federal Government will create new offences for those who use the
> Internet to incite or promote suicide.
>
> The Justice Minister, Chris Ellison, says recent studies have shown
> information about suicide on the web may encourage suicidal responses.
>
> He says there are more than 100,000 such sites on the Internet.

I was thinking about this when I heard it on the radio during the drive
home. How on earth did he come up with that figure? I do a google, and get
3.9 million pages for "suicide"...

> New offences will also be created for people who download or transmit
> child pornography off the Internet.

Mikal

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