Merry Varney told Woman s Hour that as a resilient inquest lawyer she had found the content Molly Russell, who died by an act of self-harm in 2017, was exposed to deeply harrowing.
A UK coroner recently listed the Instagram algorithm as a contributing cause in the death of a 14-year-old girl who took her own life in 2017 after viewing thousands of posts on the platform promoting self-harm. The coroner described the teen's death as "an act of self-harm whilst suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content."
A UK coroner recently listed the Instagram algorithm as a contributing cause in the death of a 14-year-old girl who took her own life in 2017 after viewing thousands of posts on the platform promoting self-harm. The coroner described the teen's death as "an act of self-harm whilst suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content."