UK watchdog's online suicide forum enforcement hits jurisdictional limits (*update)
By Patricia Figueiredo ( July 20, 2026, 15:49 GMT | Insight) -- An online suicide forum won't face further action under the Online Safety Act after UK regulator Ofcom said all available legal routes had been exhausted. The watchdog said a geoblock is preventing access for most UK users, leaving no basis for it to ask a court to require internet providers to block the platform in the UK. Campaigners condemned the decision, while Ofcom said it would monitor the site and urge government to strengthen its business disruption powers.An online suicide forum reportedly linked to over 130 deaths in the UK won't face further enforcement by the UK's online safety regulator, which said on Monday that it had exhausted all "all possible legal routes" under the Online Safety Act....
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