{"id":62385,"date":"2020-09-08T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-blocks-euthanasia-advocate-from-livestreaming-his-own-death\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T19:49:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T16:49:00","slug":"facebook-blocks-euthanasia-advocate-from-livestreaming-his-own-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-blocks-euthanasia-advocate-from-livestreaming-his-own-death\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook blocks euthanasia advocate from livestreaming his own death"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Facebook<\/a> blocks euthanasia advocate from livestreaming his own death<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 8, 2020 |<\/span> 12:49pm |<\/span> Updated September 8, 2020 | 1:03pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n Facebook and France have moved to prevent a terminally ill man from livestreaming his own death as a protest act in support of legalizing euthanasia.<\/p>\n

Alain Cocq, 57, has been living with the rare, degenerative health problem Ischemia for 34 years. The heart disease \u2014 which causes blocked blood vessels and insufficient blood circulation \u2014 is incurable.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, Cocq stopped consuming food, drink or medicine and planned to livestream his death on Facebook in the name of convincing the French government to allow medically assisted suicide, which is currently banned in the country, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I have finished my last meal .\u2009.\u2009. I drink to your health one last time. The road to deliverance begins and, believe me, I am happ<\/a>y,\u201d Cocq said in a video shot in his eastern France home in Dijon, as he lay in bed Friday night. \u201cI have made up my mind and I am at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook, however, was far from at peace with Cocq\u2019s decision, and blocked his ability to livestream his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we respect Alain\u2019s decision to draw attention to this important issue, we are preventing live broadcasts on his account based on the advice of experts that the depiction of suicide attempts could be triggering and promote more self-harm,\u201d Facebook told Reuters in a statement.<\/p>\n

Cocq\u2019s plea for what he argues is a suitable end to his suffering come in the wake of US Army veteran Ronnie McNutt\u2019s suicide, which was broadcast live on Facebook a week ago and went viral. McNutt\u2019s friends claimed Tuesday that the social media platform \u201ccould have could\u2019ve stopped this and didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alain Cocq, suffering from a disease called Ischemia, rests on his medical bed on August 12, 2020 in his flat in Dijon, northeastern France.<\/span>AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The French government also refused to support Cocq\u2019s death, or the livestreaming of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I am not above the law, I am not able to comply with your request,\u201d French President Emmanuel Macron wrote Cocq in a letter the dying man subsequently published on his Facebook page. The letter came in response to Cocq reaching out to Macron, requesting his doctors be given official permission to help him die by barbiturate.<\/p>\n

In defense of his decision, Cocq framed his end not as death \u2014 but as a final form of care.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not asking for assisted suicide or euthanasia \u2014 but an ultimate care,\u201d Cocq said in defense. \u201cBecause I am just trying to avoid inhuman suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following Facebook blocking his ability to livestream his death, Cocq promised he would find a new means of livestreaming within 24 hours, and has sought public health in overturning Facebook\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

The Post has reached out for comment and an update.<\/p>\n

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