Paris (CNN) Facebook has prevented a French man with an incurable illness from streaming his own death on the social media site, according to a company statement. Cocq had intended to broadcast his dying days on the platform, to raise awareness about France's laws on assisted dying. But French citizens do have the right to stop medical care, and under French law there is no prosecution for suicide. Cocq urged Macron to review French laws that prevent health care professionals from hastening the deaths of their dying patients with medicine. Writing in response, President Macron said he was "moved" by Cocq's letter and admired the "remarkable willpower" he had shown in fighting "incessant battles" with the illness.

Source: CNN September 06, 2020 08:26 UTC