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Daily Mirror
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Matthew Young & Katie Weston

Molly Russell killed herself after viewing posts 'no child should see', coroner says

Online material viewed by schoolgirl Molly Russell “was not safe” and “shouldn’t have been available for a child to see”, a senior coroner has concluded.

Molly, from Harrow in north-west London, ended her life in November 2017 aged 14, prompting her family to campaign for better internet safety.

The inquest heard how the teenager accessed material from the “ghetto of the online world”, with her family arguing that sites such as Pinterest and Instagram recommended accounts or posts that “promoted” suicide and self-harm.

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