Bereaved families call for 'death website' to be shut down | BBC News

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Bereaved families are calling on the UK’s online regulator to shut down a "vile" website which promotes videos of the deaths of their loved ones.

The website, which we are not naming, has more than three million members and contains thousands of graphic photos and videos of real-life killings and suicides as well as executions carried out by extremists.

From Monday, Ofcom gets new powers to crack down on illegal content, but it may not be enough to close the site.

The site's admin team have said they would give their "full attention" to any Ofcom requests.

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