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The Latest Breaking News from Molly Russell

UK going ‘backwards’ on online safety, Molly Russell’s father tells Starmer

Ian Russell called on Sir Keir Starmer to act urgently in order to protect young people online.

Evening Standard

‘Child poverty has got a lot worse’: outgoing charity boss lambasts Tory failures and social media giants

Peter Wanless of the NSPCC calls for more preventive action on child poverty, a ban on ‘morally repugnant’ smacking and favours guardrails online rather than bans

The Guardian - UK

Ofcom warns tech firms after chatbots imitate Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell

After ‘distressing incidents’, watchdog says content from user-made bots would be covered by UK Online Safety Act

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Ofcom warns online platforms over generative AI tools

The regulator has published an open letter to tech firms, reminding them how generative AI tools will be in scope of the Online Safety Act.

Evening Standard

Digital Clones Of Deceased Teenagers Molly Russell And Brianna Ghey Appear On Character.AI

Chatbots mimicking deceased teenagers Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey have been found on Character.ai, a platform that allows users to create digital personas.

International Business Times UK

New, strengthened Online Safety Act needed to protect children, charity says

The Molly Rose Foundation has called Ofcom’s current approach to enforcing the online safety laws ‘risk averse’.

Evening Standard

Parents ‘don’t use’ parental controls on Facebook and Instagram, says Nick Clegg

Meta’s global affairs chief points to ‘behavioural issue’ around child safety tools on the social media platforms

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Is the Online Safety Act enough to keep children safe?

The Online Safety Act is not “job done”, says Molly Russell’s father ahead of the general election

Marie Claire

The Guardian view on social media harms: the tech giants must be more open

Editorial: The online safety bill was a start, but campaigners are right to demand more, especially in situations where a child has died

The Guardian - UK

Tech firms must ‘tame’ algorithms under Ofcom child safety rules

Regulator calls on social media firms to use robust age checks to keep harmful content away from children

The Guardian - UK

Smartphones ban may cause more harm than good, says Molly Russell’s father

Ian Russell says parental controls could weaken trust and ‘punish children for tech firms’ failures’

The Guardian - UK

Banning phones in England’s schools will not address online safety, say campaigners

Call made for more ambitious legislation to protect children from harmful content on tech platforms

The Guardian - UK

‘Our kids are suffering’: calls for ban on social media to protect under-16s

Debate gains traction as evidence grows on negative impact of social media use on mental health of young people

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on online child protection: the web needs more health and safety

Editorial: New evidence of Meta’s failures to prioritise safety should be a wake-up call to policymakers

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Meta has not done enough to safeguard children, whistleblower says

Exclusive: former senior engineer says social media company has had the tools to do more since Molly Russell’s death

Evening Standard

Teenagers on Instagram and Facebook placed into most restrictive content control settings, Meta says

Additional search terms will be limited on Instagram, Meta has said

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about listening and responding’: MBE for station assistant who saved 29 people

Rizwan Javed, Ian Russell, Camilla Bowry and Mubarak Mahmed honoured for work in charities and mental health

Evening Standard

Molly Russell's father says tech firms still failing to stop the spread of suicide content online

A new report from the Molly Rose Foundation says social media firms are failing to stop the promotion of self-harm and suicide content

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Minister attacks ‘despicable’ failure of social media firms on harmful content

Criticism comes after UK report shows ‘clear and persistent problem’ six years after death of Molly Russell

The Independent UK

Social media sites failing to stop the spread of suicide content, charity says

New report from the Molly Rose Foundation says social media firms are failing to stop the promotion of self-harm and suicide content.

The Guardian - UK

Zuckerberg’s kindness pledge for Threads is ‘absurd’, says Molly Russell charity

Foundation says words contradict reality of Instagram, which contributed to suicide of London teenager

Zenger

Leading Trauma Expert Calls For Schools To Educate Children On Dangers Of Online Trauma

Self-harm content poses urgent societal issue that needs addressing by parents, policymakers, and educators

The Guardian - UK

Tech firms to be forced to hand over data to inquests into child deaths

Bereaved families welcome online safety bill amendment that hands greater powers to coroners

Irish Mirror

'My 13-year-old daughter died after watching chilling self-harm TikTok videos'

When going through Maia’s TikTok, her dad Liam found two “chilling" videos that both heavily discussed and portrayed suicide and self-harm

Daily Mirror

'My daughter died in self-harm gone wrong after watching chilling TikToks'

Maia Walsh tragically died at her mum's home in Hertford in what her dad Liam believes was an act of self-harm gone wrong, and now the heartbroken parent is determined to get to the bottom of what led her there

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