‘Social media giants were blind to the harm they caused Molly’

Instagram and Pinterest were ‘ignorantly blind’ to their part in the death of tragic schoolgirl Molly Russell, an inquest heard. The 14-year-old from Harrow, northwest London, hid her ‘demons’ from her family while viewing thousands of harrowing posts and videos. Molly saved and “liked” 16,300 images on her Instagram account, 2,100 of which related to depression, self-harm and suicide in the last six months of her life, Since her death, Molly’s family have campaigned for better internet safety. The family’s…

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