The brother of a New Zealand man who died after ordering a product from an accused Canadian suicide salesman says it shouldn’t be so easy for vulnerable people to get dangerous substances online.
Sean Plunket says he’s shocked at how easily his brother, James, ordered the fatal package from Canada, and has tough questions for this country’s internet regulators and e-commerce platforms about why they didn't stop it.
Those deaths push a CTV News tally of worldwide deaths associated with items sold online by Law to 129. About two weeks later, the 40-year-old died in a hotel room, with packaging connected to Law’s business next to him, the report says. A Shopify spokesperson said, “Once we were notified about a potential violation of our Acceptable Use Policy, we immediately reviewed and took action to terminate all stores associated with Kenneth Law.”
There’s no tool in Canadian law currently to ban websites. That suicide forum, which CTV News is not naming, could be caught up in the Online Harms Act, which is in second reading on Parliament Hill. “It terrifies me that the most popular toys in my house, the screens, are not subject to any safety standards right now,” he said.
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