Instagram still hosting self-harm images after Molly Russell inquest verdict

Ian Russell, the father of Molly Russell, speaks to media outside Barnet coroner’s court in north London, after the inquest into his daughter’s death. Photograph: Joshua Bratt/PA

Instagram is breaking its promise to remove posts that glorify self-harm and suicide years after the death of the schoolgirl Molly Russell, Observer analysis has found.

The photo-sharing app has long claimed it does not allow material that “promotes or glorifies self-harm or suicide” and says it removes content of this kind.