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Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by formerly_proven on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:27PM (#33143327)
The combination of items is a suicide kit, but as far as I can tell Amazon didn't have a literal "suicide kit" item (chemical + drug + scale + booklet) in the catalog, it's just about "others who bought this also bought...".
Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by nerevarthelame on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:41PM (#33143484)
What difference does that make? If a child was buying this this chemical from Wal-Mart and the cashier checking them out said, "Oh, looks like you're trying to commit suicide. Have you considered buying some medication to keep those toxic chemicals down, or a book that will walk you through everything?" wouldn't you find that at all problematic?

If we can hold companies liable for what their employees recommend, I don't know why we wouldn't also hold them liable for what their recommendation engines recommend.

Re:Amazon “suicide kits” have led to teen deaths by catiopatio on Sunday October 09, 2022 @03:58PM (#33144654)
Mens rea makes the difference.

“People also bought” is very different from “It looks like you’re trying to suicide, let me help”.

If you ask the hardware store for a rope rated for an impact force of $X, they do not know your intentions, and they are not responsible for them. If you harm yourself, you’re culpable, not the store that simply sold you rope.