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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Molly Russell's dad accuses Government of 'watering down' online safety bill

Molly Russell's father has accused the Government of "watering down" a legal crackdown on harmful online content.

Ian Russell, whose 14-year-old daughter took her own life after viewing self harm posts, said it was "very hard to understand" why social media firms won't be ordered to remove "legal but harmful" content.

The Government is overhauling its proposed Online Safety Bill to force tech giants to improve protections for children.

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