"We believe they got acquainted through the internet." - Suicide pact in Japan

These were the words of the police after nine people committed suicide after forming a pact.

This is not the first time that technology has been blamed to cause suicides or murders or other social "habits" but it should be realised that it is technology that assists in facilitating those events in the wrong manner. And when it does so, it is called upon the society to counter the threats with education, and not with more rules that would drive facilitating circumstances into the underground.