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Suicide on Periscope Prompts France to Open Inquiry
PARIS — French officials have opened an investigation after a distraught young woman recorded herself on Periscope, the live video-streaming app, describing her despair and then killing herself by jumping in front of a commuter train in suburban Paris.
The woman, whose name was not released, was born in 1997. “This person allegedly sent an SMS to one of her close relations, several minutes before her death, to announce her intentions,” Mr. Lallement said in a statement. “Furthermore, she allegedly made statements to Internet users, via the Periscope application, to explain her act.”
The death appeared to be the latest of several recent episodes in which disturbing and violent acts have been transmitted via live-streaming technologies.
Just last month, two teenagers assaulted a drunken 24-year-old man in a nightclub district of Bordeaux, France. One of the two assailants recorded the attack on Periscope and filmed himself bragging and laughing about it. Both teenagers were arrested.
Also last month, the authorities in Ohio said an 18-year-old woman witnessed a 17-year-old friend from her high school get raped and not only failed to help, but pointed her mobile phone at the friend and streamed a video of the assault on Periscope …. http://www.nytimes.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2016/05/suicide-on-periscope-prompts-france-to.html
