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A father of a teenager who died by suicide after seeing harmful posts on social media says similar content needs to be stopped. Ian Russell - whose 14-year-old daughter Molly was found to have taken her own life in 2017 after viewing suicide and self-harm content online on platforms such as Instagram and Pinterest - believes the Online Safety Bill needs to stamp out the problem as it nears its final parliamentary stages, because there are "too many tragic stories to tell". He told the BBC’s ‘Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg’ that the legislation "will make the online world safer". Ian added: "It i...
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The UK's Online Safety Bill "will make the online world safer", according to a campaigner. Ian Russell has welcomed the introduction of the much-discuss bill - but he's also warned that it will fail if it doesn't stop harmful content online. Speaking to the BBC, he explained: "It is not perfect. But it's an important step, and it's a step that has been needed for years to counter this technology." Russell has stressed the importance of shielding children from X-rated content. He said: "That's the test of the bill. "There are many other families not just me who have been campaigning for better ...
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Molly Russell’s dad blasts the social media company’s response to the coroner in the inquest of her death. The 14-year-old school girl from Harrow took her own life in 2017 after viewing content centring on suicide and self-harm and last year a coroner rule that she died while impacted by the “negative effects” the content, which the algorithm of sites like Pinterest and Instagram pushed out. Her father Ian said the reaction from companies like Meta - who own and operate Facebook and Instagram - implied a “business as usual approach” after Andrew Walker, the senior coroner in the case, passed ...
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Two families tied together by social media contributing to the deaths of their children have urged the UK government to act quicker bringing in regulation. Molly Russell and Olly Stephens’ parents have expressed their discontent with the postponement of the Online Safety Bill, which has been touted as a measure to make it harder to share harmful content. The government has stated their intention to pass the law as soon as they can. Molly was 14 when she died by suicide in 2017 after viewing images of self-harm and suicide on Instagram and Pinterest while Olly was 13 when he was stabbed to deat...
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TikTok is introducing adult-only options for live broadcasts. The video sharing platform will allow users to decide if they want to only have over-18s watch their lives in a few weeks time. They designed the feature for content - such as comedy routines or people talking about a “difficult life experience” - that is not suitable for younger audiences. TikTok said: "We want our community to make the most of the opportunities LIVE can bring without compromising on safety. "We believe these industry-leading updates can further protect the younger members of our community as they start and build t...
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Molly Russell’s father says “waiting” to bring in online safety laws endangers young people. Ian Russell - whose 14-year-old daughter Molly died by suicide after seeing lots of content centred on depression, suicide, self-harm and anxiety - has urged lawmakers to act quicker after a inquest ruled that social media media companies, such as Instagram and Pinterest, added to her death, saying Molly “died from an act of self-harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content”. Following this ruling and a conversation with culture secretary Michelle Donelan - who assure...
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An inquest into a British teenager who took her own life after engaging with suicide promoting content on social media has started. Molly Russell died by suicide after browsing material that promoted self-harm, suicide and depress on platforms such as Instagam and Pinterest and her father hopes the inquest - which starts on Tuesday (20.09.2022) - will allow companies to “learn lessons”. Ian Russell told BBC News: "I hope that we will learn lessons and that it will help produce the change that's needed to keep people safe, to keep people alive.” Ian believes that an extended period of exposure ...
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