Re:Amazon autocomplete recommends suicide kits to teens
by LatteLazy on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:23AM
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I think we need to be clear about our definitions and our expectations here.
To me, a suicide kit is something you find by looking for "suicide kit" AND it is a single item sold for a single purpose.
This is important because if we're not strict about that, then there are likely billions of "suicide kits" sold daily on and offline. A knife + any other item is a suicide kit by that definition. So are Caffeine pills or normal salt or wiper fluid or a wood chipper.
And that's the problem here: these are random items someone who already wanted to commit suicide might want, but might equality be sought by any reasonable sane person for safe use.
To me, a suicide kit is something you find by looking for "suicide kit" AND it is a single item sold for a single purpose.
This is important because if we're not strict about that, then there are likely billions of "suicide kits" sold daily on and offline. A knife + any other item is a suicide kit by that definition. So are Caffeine pills or normal salt or wiper fluid or a wood chipper.
And that's the problem here: these are random items someone who already wanted to commit suicide might want, but might equality be sought by any reasonable sane person for safe use.