Molly Russell inquest: Family 'numb' about inquest verdict
The father of 14-year-old Molly Russell says "there is no time for delay" in legislating to stop children seeing harmful content online.Despite being reassured the Online Safety Bill would not be watered down, Ian Russell said he remained concerned that it could be delayed further.Molly Russell took her life five years ago after an act of self-harm while suffering depression.
"And I think the hardest thing that the online safety bill is tackling is perhaps this content that's described as 'legal but harmful'."Mr Russell revealed the new culture secretary, Michelle Donelan, called him last week "to reassure me that the government took this [Online Safety Bill] very seriously and it wasn't going be... watered down".in law about how platforms should deal with harmful content.
However, Molly had become depressed, something common in children of this age, the coroner said. The inquest was told her condition worsened into a depressive illness.
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