Inquest into British teenager's death focusing on big tech begins
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 ...