The Latest Breaking News from Molly Russell

The father of Molly Russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful material on social media, was in the House of Lords for the debate.

The Prime Minister caved to Tory pressure on the Online Safety Bill after an amendment to make tech chiefs criminally liable if they do not block minors from seeing damaging content garnered dozens of signatures

Labour’s backing of a Tory amendment to the Online Safety Bill means they potentially have the numbers to defeat Rishi Sunak’s government

Labour’s backing of a Tory amendment to the Online Safety Bill means they potentially have the numbers to defeat Rishi Sunak’s Government.

Experts are increasingly warning of a connection between social media use and mental health issues in children.

Exclusive: Study shows social media a ‘significant risk’ to young people’s view of themselves and can provoke mental health distress

Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell vows to target algorithms that bombard children with harmful content if party wins power

One year into the brand's anti-social media policy, she says not enough has changed.

Don’t say ‘just don’t go online’ because adults wouldn’t do that if something happened in the real world. If you got followed home, it’s not like [they would say]: “Hey, stop leaving the house.” Help the person understand that it wasn’t their fault and try to help them through it…