General Article Social media will fuel the genocide of my generation

Topic Selected: Self-harm and Suicide Book Volume: 400

Politicians, whistleblowers and tech companies have been debating whether apps like Instagram and Tiktok are bad for the mental health of young teenagers, particularly girls. I am a fourteen-year-old girl on social media and, to me, that’s not news.

Four years since the death of fourteen-year-old Molly Russell, who took her own life after reportedly seeing content depicting self-harm and suicide on social media, posts like this are as dominant as ever. Self-harm is not just prominent on socia...

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