Prison sentences for social media bosses who are shown to be running “unsafe” businesses would help platforms think about user safety, Molly Russell’s father has said. Ian Russell said action that would “refocus” the minds of executives is what is needed to stop them “prioritising profit”.
Speaking to the PA news agency after a coroner suggested separating platforms for children and adults following the inquest into Molly’s death, Mr Russell said he understood the reasoning behind the conclusion, but added: “It will be quite hard to implement.”
Coroner Andrew Walker sent a Prevention of Future Deaths report (PFD) to businesses such as Meta, Pinterest, Twitter and Snapchat as well as the UK Government, in which he urged a review of the algorithms used by the sites to provide content.
