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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

‘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

The Guardian - UK

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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

Evening Standard

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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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

Zenger

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

The Guardian - UK

'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

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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

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners welcome Kate Winslet plea about online safety and children

Actor urged ‘people in power’ to criminalise harmful digital content when she accepted Bafta award

The Independent UK

Self-harm images online ‘can trigger young people to hurt themselves’

A new study found a link between young people viewing self-harm material and harm but further studies are needed.

Daily Mirror

Social media firms 'must be made to pay for kids' mental health services' say experts

There were 734,000 children referred to the NHS’s mental health services last year - an enormous 84% increase from 2018-19. Experts want social media companies, 'who contribute to the problem', to help fund services and tackle waiting times

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The Independent UK

Online safety law must be ‘fit for the memory’ of social media’s young victims

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.

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak bows to Tory revolt over tougher punishments for social media bosses

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

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on regulating social media: the internet should be safer

Editorial: Ministers’ ambitions have been scaled back but their bill must protect children robustly

The Guardian - UK

Prosecute tech chiefs who endanger children, says Molly Russell’s father

Ian Russell says inquest into daughter’s death is ‘unique’ opportunity to make online platforms safer

The Independent UK

Responses to coroner call to prevent future deaths ‘underwhelming’ – Ian Russell

Ian Russell criticised the ‘business as usual’ approach from tech platforms such as Meta.

The Guardian - UK

You can’t stop the likes of Bridgen and Tate saying dangerous things – but you can take away their soapboxes

It’s time to look again at the UK’s watered-down online safety bill: this problem is too big for democracies to ignore, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent UK

Social media bosses could face jail if they breach child safety laws

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

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