Social media is killing people and continuing to target children with harmful content
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Social media companies are killing people through their failure to protect users from the harmful content on their platforms that is promoted and accessible to children, safety campaigner Ian Russell has warned.
The inquest into the death of Mr Russell’s daughter Molly, who took her own life in 2017 after viewing suicide and self-harm content on Instagram, is still ongoing.
Users as young as 13 years old are directly targeted with sexualised images, content related to disordered eating, self-...
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