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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Jessop

Molly vs The Machines review: a sobering look at how far we still have to go

In 2017, teenager Molly Russell took her own life. She was only 14 at the time, with her whole future ahead of her.

The culprit? Social media. After her death, her devastated family went through Molly’s accounts and found she had been viewing hundreds of posts linked to eating disorders, self-harm and suicidal ideation.

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