French Inquiry Launched After Live Suicide Broadcast On Periscope (bbc.com)

An anonymous reader writes: French authorities have launched an investigation after a young woman recorded her suicide which streamed live to over 1,000 connected followers on the online video app Periscope. Prosecutors in Egly, Essone, a suburb 15 miles south of Paris, confirmed they had opened the inquiry following the incident which saw the 19-year-old throw herself under a commuter train at a railway station on Tuesday.BBC reports: Previously, she had filmed herself in her flat discussing how she intended to make a video to "send a message", warning younger viewers not to continue to watch what would be a "shocking" act, it was reported. During the filming, the young woman claimed to have been raped and named her attacker, according to the reports. It is not the first time that Periscope has been linked to inappropriate content.

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Re:Understand why they dont like this..

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

We are supposed to believe that if we follow the rules, and if we accept being controlled, monitored, then we will be SAFE from such things.

This sentence embodies the pathetic nature of the progressive left.

I consider myself both "progressive" and "left" and this is not at all what I believe, nor is it anything even remotely close to what I believe.

Maybe you should stop painting with such a broad brush, because neither I nor any of the left-leaning people I know would agree with this bullshit statement.