Category: Molly Russell

Internet Trolls Who Encourage Serious Self-Harm Face 5 Years in Jail

May 18, 2023
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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…

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UK Coroner Urges Separate Platforms for Adults and Kids After Ruling Online Content Contributed to Death of Teen

October 14, 2022
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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…

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Coroner Concludes Online Content Helped Kill Depressed London Teen in Landmark Ruling

September 30, 2022
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“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…

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