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m Have changed "was" back to the present tense. ASH still exists, it can be reached using a usenet provider and newsreader software. Admittedly it is very inactive these days, but it is still there and anyone with access is able to post.
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A.s.h played some role in the death of Suzy Gonzales, who killed herself in 2003<ref>{{cite web|author=Julia Scheeres |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/08/MN114902.DTL |title=A Virtual Path to Suicide / Depressed student killed herself with help from online discussion group |website=SFGate |date=2003-06-08 |access-date=2016-06-04}}</ref> after sharing her thoughts on a.s.h.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.suicide.holiday/browse_thread/thread/fa79bd975fb85845/ |title=Google Groups |website=Groups.google.com |access-date=2016-06-04}}</ref> In the US, the death of Suzy Gonzales led to an attempt to introduce a controversial H.R. 940: Suzanne Gonzales Suicide Prevention Act of 2007, which did not pass. The current version of the bill is HR 1183: Suzanne Gonzales Suicide Prevention Act of 2011.
 
The community received further media attention due to the case of [[William Francis Melchert-Dinkel]], who was charged{{ by whom?|date=AugustRice County District Judge Thomas 2023}}Neuville with encouraging the suicides of a person in Britain in 2005 and another person in Canada in 2008 through a.s.h.
 
==Coverage in other media==