“…Other cases in the literature describe individuals who have attempted or died by suicide after using the Internet to obtain information on suicide methods (Alao et al, 1999; Cantrell and Minns, 2011; Corkery et al, 2010; Gallagher et al, 2003; Gosselink et al, 2012; Haut and Morrison, 1998; Musshoff et al, 2010; Prior, 2004; Schneider et al, 2010), to obtain methods themselves (Becker et al, 2004), to form online suicide pacts (Birbal et al, 2009; Laberke et al, 2011; Mehlum, 2000) and to broadcast their suicide (Birbal et al, 2009). In their examination of group suicide in Japan, Naito (2007) discussed four cases of online suicide pacts.…”