alt Hacker NewsThere have absolutely been cases of people being held criminally liable for encouraging someone to commit suicide.
In California it is a felony
> Any person who deliberately aids, advises, or encourages another to commit suicide is guilty of a felony.
>>>> helped... write a suicide note.
> encouraging someone to commit suicide.
These are not the same thing. And the evidence from the article is that the bot was anything but encouraging of this plan, up until the end.