Content viewed by 14-year-old in months before her death was ‘by and large’ permissible under Instagram’s guidelines, court hears
Instagram posts containing references to suicide, depression and self-harm viewed by Molly Russell before her death were “safe” for children to see, according to a senior executive at the social media platform’s owner.
Elizabeth Lagone, the head of health and wellbeing at Meta, told North London coroner’s court on Monday that a series of posts that Molly viewed in the six months before killing herself were “by and large” permissible under the platform’s guidelines because they represented an attempt to raise awareness of a user’s mental state and share their feelings.
In the UK, the youth suicide charity Papyrus can be contacted on 0800 068 4141 or email [email protected], and in the UK and Ireland Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 800-273-8255 or chat for support. You can also text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis text line counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org
