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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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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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Individuals who post content that promotes self harm will be prosecuted under new revised legislation. Michelle Donelan, the UK’s culture secretary plans to update the Online Safety Bill before it goes to the Houses of Parliament for a vote following the inquest into the death of 14-year-old Molly Russell - who took her own life in 2017 - found the “negative effects of online content” added to her death. Michelle said: “I am determined that the abhorrent trolls encouraging the young and vulnerable to self-harm are brought to justice. So I am strengthening our online safety laws to make sure th...
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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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Instagram has brought in new age verification tools for users in the UK and the EU. The photo sharing app has introduced new technology for people attempting to amend their age from under 18 to over 18 years old. Instead of relying on photographic ID, people must record a video of themselves that will then be sent to be analysed by an age-guessing tech. The app - which is owned and operated by Meta, which also controls Facebook and Whatsapp - claimed this move would make sure that people had age appropriate content on their feeds. The move comes after the company shared their plans to increase...
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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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One in three children in the UK lie about their age on social media, say the media regulator Ofcom. Many social media platforms, such as Instagram, do not allow those under 13 years of age to use the site and do not give under 18s full access to the site but research has found children are not truthful about their age. Ofcom says this adds to the chance that children will see material that may be harmful or not be suitable for them. Anna-Sophie Harling, a representative for Ofcom explained that what age you claim to be has a “huge impact” on what users are shown. She mentioned the recent inque...
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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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Instagram is rolling out parental controls in the UK. Meta, the social media platform’s parent company, will allow parents in the United Kingdom to restrict access on their kids’ profiles, including setting daily time limits, schedule break times and see any accounts their child reported, and the reason as to why after introducing similar measures in US in the spring. The tech giant - who set the official minimum age to use the app as 13-years-old - is also adding a parent dashboard on all Quest virtual reality headsets internationally, with parents being able to invite their kids to the new f...
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