An inquest found content on Pinterest and Instagram contributed to the 2017 death of Molly Russell. The sites say they’ve changed—with opposing …
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Social Media Culpable in British Teen's Death, Inquest Finds
Warning: This contains mentions of suicide. A U.K. coroner has determined that Meta and Pinterest are legally to blame for the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell. The teen died as a result of self-harm in 2017 and her parents say the tech firms are partly responsible because their algorithms kept showing her posts related to suicide, self-harm and depression. Representatives from both companies have apologized and say they've changed to protect users.
The 14-year-old had viewed over 2,000 posts related to suicide and self-harm in the months before her death. Meta, Pinterest, and other social media platforms are legally to blame for the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell, according to the senior coroner at the coroner’s court of North London. The …
Last week, London coroner Andrew Walker delivered his findings from the inquest into 14-year-old schoolgirl Molly Russell’s death, concluding she …
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On the evening of 20 November 2017 Molly Russell and her family had dinner together and then sat down to watch an episode of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!. A family meal, then viewing a popular TV show: a scene typical of millions of families around the UK. As Molly’s mother, Janet, said to …
By Angus Crawford and Tony SmithBBC News Russell family Unsafe online content contributed "in a more than minimal way" to the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell, an inquest found on Friday. Early in the inquest it was revealed that Molly - who took her own life in 2017 - had a secret Twitter account …
A senior executive at Instagram’s owner has apologised after admitting that the platform had shown Molly Russell content that violated its policies before she died. Elizabeth Lagone, head of health and wellbeing policy at Meta, acknowledged that some of the posts and videos had broken Instagram …
Molly Russell's inquest was shown two streams of content she saw earlier in her use of the platform and in the months closer to her death. While the …
