dad kills himself live on paltalk website

One anonymous user said at the time: 'He tied a rope around an uncovered ceiling joist and stood on the chair as he tied the rope around his neck. He was logged on with around 50 other users to a special 'insult' chatroom where people 'have a go at each other' and initially the members did not believe he would go through with it. In 2007, internet safety charities blasted Paltalk after a 42-year-old man from Telford, Shropshire, took his own life after being goaded by chatroom users.Īn inquest heard how one user telling him to '****ing do it' because they believed he was 'play acting'. Terrorist group leaders have been known to hold open question and answer sessions on Paltalk which are advertised in advance on Al-Qaida web forums, he said. 'PalTalk is routinely used by internationally recognized and designated terrorist groups for communication and recruitment,' said Evan Kohlmann, a consultant for Flashpoint told CNN in 2012. It was founded in 1998 - long before the likes of Facebook - and is popular with the first generation of internet users.īut it has courted controversy with some of its 5,000+ chatrooms dedicated to discussing terrorism. Software, also allows subscribers to video chat with up to 10 people for free and hosts thousands of free chat rooms. Paltalk is a New York based video chat service which allows individuals to chat face-to-face either on a desktop computer or their mobile device.

Dad kills himself live on paltalk website