Schoolgirl Molly Russell died after suffering from "negative effects of online content", a coroner has concluded.
Coroner Andrew Walker said online material seen by the 14-year-old on sites such as Instagram and Pinterest "was not safe" and "shouldn't have been available for a child to see". Concluding it would not be "safe" to rule Molly's cause of death was suicide, Mr Walker said the teenager "died from an act of self-harm while suffering depression and the negative effects of online content".
At North London Coroner's Court on Friday, he said: "At the time that these sites were viewed by Molly, some of these sites were not safe as they allowed access to adult content that should not have been available for a 14-year-old child to see. The way that the platforms operated meant that Molly had access to images, video clips and text concerning or concerned with self-harm, suicide or that were otherwise negative or depressing in nature.
