Molly ‘liked’ suicide videos before she took her own life

Tragic schoolgirl Molly Russell liked suicide videos of ‘the most distressing nature’ before she took her own life, an inquest heard. The 14-year-old schoolgirl, from Harrow, northwest London, researched self-harming and suicide online before she died in November 2017. Executives from Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, and Pinterest, have flown in to give evidence in person at Molly’s inquest at North London Coroner’s Court. The inquest will examine algorithms used by social media firms to channel content…

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