A senior executive for Meta, the company which owns Instagram, has defended content viewed on the platform by 14-year-old Molly Russell shortly before she took her own life. ameliaajenne reports.
The family of Molly Russell argue the company should have blocked posts relating to suicide and self-harm but, speaking at the inquest into Molly’s death,
Meta’s head of health and wellbeing said it was “safe for people to be able to express themselves”, although she conceded two posts would have violated their policies.
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