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Update: “Live-Streamed” Assisted Suicide A Hoax

I wanted to report this earlier, but some health issues at home got in the way of a timelier post.  Last week, I wrote about billionaire Alki David’s plans to live-stream the assisted suicide/euthanasia of a Russian cancer patient. Well, there was a broadcast.  But it was an elaborate hoax. The story is at TechExclusive.net: … Continue reading Update: “Live-Streamed” Assisted Suicide A Hoax

Breaking News: Billionaire Buys the Rights to Livestream Assisted Suicide of Cancer Patient

This first got my attention earlier this week, when a single news item from Shockya.com showed up in my news feed, titled Assisted Suicide Will Be Broadcast Live on BattleCam: Billionaire Alki David has paid the family of terminal brain cancer patient Nikolai Ivanisovich for the rights to stream his assisted suicide on BattleCam. The … Continue reading Breaking News: Billionaire Buys the Rights to Livestream Assisted Suicide of Cancer Patient