Molly Russell, 14, died by suicide in 2017 after viewing content online related to self-harm and suicide.
on Friday said that safety online has to be a "prerequisite, not an afterthought" following a coroner’s conclusion that a 14-year-old British girl died after suffering depression from the "negative effects" of social media, causing her to harm herself.
Walker added that he planned to write to Instagram’s parent company Meta and Pinterest along with writing a "prevention of future deaths" report regarding social media. Whistleblowers like Frances Haugen, who testified in Congress last year that Facebook is harmful to children, have spoken out against the dangers of social media, especially for kids.
The coroner said the platforms’ algorithms allowed Molly to see the content without her searching for it. He said the content "shouldn't have been available for a child to see." Five years ago, he did a TV interview discussing the dangers of social media following the death by suicide of a 17-year-old named Felix Alexander.
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