Suicide posts ‘should not be removed’

A Meta executive told Molly Russell’s inquest today (mon) posts relating to suicidal thoughts should not be removed because ‘it’s important for people to express themselves.’ 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 at Molly’s inquest at North London Coroner’s Court. In the three months before her death, Molly ‘liked’, saved…