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Girl dies in UK due to “bad effects of online content”

A new case has emerged in the UK about the ill-effects of children on social media

14 year old British girl Internet Gave his life due to the bad influence of The girl had harmed herself. The expert who gave a post-mortem report gave this information. This case once again social media (Social Media) companies have highlighted. It was told in a court in North London that Molly Russell came under the influence of material on the Internet that had a negative effect on her. Apart from this, she had depression, then she came in the grip of more serious illness.
This teenager had harmed herself by searching excessively about depression. But at the same time he said it would be “safe” to say that it would be a safe one.


Russell had saved, shared or liked about 16,300 posts on Instagram 6 months before his death. Of these, 2,100 were linked to depression, self harm or suicide. Russell died in Harrow, London in 2017, after his family started a campaign about the dangers of social media.

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Russell’s father said, “It is time for the world’s largest social media platform to change its toxic work culture.”

Silicon ‘Valley Shockwaves’

Russell’s father angrily asked, “Why does your platform even allow kids to use it when it allows people to post potentially harmful content.”

A spokesperson for Meta said: “Our thoughts are with his family and with all those affected by this tragic death.”

Children’s charity NSPCC said the ruling should be a turning point and “online safety should not be taken away from parents of children. Tech companies should make child safety a priority.”

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