Internet users who encourage self-harm could be jailed for up to five years, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. Additions to the Online Safety Bill will make it a crime to encourage someone to cause serious self-harm, regardless of whether or not victims go on to injure themselves. The offence will add to existing…

A coroner has issued recommendations including separate social media platforms for adults and children, following an inquest into the death of a London schoolgirl. Molly Russell, a 14-year-old girl from Harrow, northwest London, who her father said showed no obvious signs of mental illness, took her own life on Nov. 21, 2017. She had viewed…

“Negative effects of online content” was a contributing factor in the death of a British school girl who took her own life in 2017, a coroner concluded on Friday. Coroner Andrew Walker, who made the conclusion, said the ruling is “the first time” that “tech platforms have been formally held responsible for the death of…