On: Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

[lawn]

Driving someone to suicide is also a direct cause of death, and should be treated as such.

[golergka → lawn]

Being direct cause of death is treated very differently based on mens rea, or intent. Assassinating somebody and causing a death by accident or by negligence carries very different penalties. Being a cause of something and being guilty of it are different things.

[unethical_ban → lawn]

Instagram would be shut down if we knew how many teens commit self harm as a direct result of it.

[trilbyglens → unethical_ban]

Are we arguing that it shouldn't be?

[kube-system → lawn]

It is certainly a bad thing, but I think it is an important note given the conspiratorial tone on some of the comments in that other thread.