Brianna Ghey’s mother calls for social media ban for under-16s

Esther Ghey said one of the reasons she had chosen to take part in the documentary was to ‘get answers’ from social media companies about safety. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has said the under-16s should be banned from social media, describing it as “an absolute cesspit”.

Esther Ghey was speaking at a screening of an ITV documentary that explores the murder of her 16-year-old daughter by two schoolchildren.