'I hope the world will be safer', says Molly Russell’s father after inquest – video
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Molly Russell’s father has accused the world’s biggest social media firms of 'monetising misery' after an inquest ruled that harmful online content contributed to the 14-year-old’s death.
Ian Russell accused Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, of guiding his daughter on a 'demented trail of life-sucking content', after the landmark ruling raised the regulatory pressure on social media companies.
The inquest heard on Friday that Molly, from Harrow, north-west London, had viewed large amounts of content related to suicide, depression, self-harm and anxiety on Instagram and Pinterest before she died in November 2017