*Source: BBC News (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s.../6993095.stm)*
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A coroner has called for “insult chatrooms” to be banned after a man took his own life while being watched by others on a web cam.
A verdict of suicide was returned on Kevin Whitrick, 42, of Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, who died in March.
Mr Whitrick was using Paltalk, which encouraged users to insult each other, when he announced he wanted to kill himself, coroner Michael Gwynne heard.
He hanged himself while other internet users egged him on.
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