It's only passingly relevant to the story but I hate when people bring up Choi Jin-Sil in this context (that's the name of the South Korean actress mentioned in

It's only passingly relevant to the story but I hate when people bring up Choi Jin-Sil in this context (that's the name of the South Korean actress mentioned in the article). A few facts about that case... 1. She had a history of battling Depression and at the time was depressed over the suicide of her close friend. 2. She didn't leave a suicide note or give any reason for her suicide. 3. Her brother, who also had a history of depression, also killed himself a couple years later 4. Far from being bullied by the Internet trolls she had fought back and pressed charges. The police had made an arrest at the time of her death (libel is obviously a much bigger thing in South Korea) 5. Less than 6 days passed between when she reported the issue to the police and when they made an arrest. So anonymity didn't pose that big an obstacle The South Korean policies were really just politicians jumping on the tragic death of a popular star and trying to make it look like they fixed a problem.